The young man looked at Ye Zi with gratitude in her eyes, "Yes, if it weren't for you and Aunt Sun, I would have died in the forest." ”

Ye Zi shook his head, "Little Fifth Sister, you are here again, you have almost thanked me and my mother a hundred times since you woke up." You're welcome, it's not easy for you to travel thousands of miles from the capital to Hami to find your relatives alone! ”

That young man was Zhang Yue, who was dressed as a man. That day, she was unconscious in the woods and was rescued by the mother and daughter of Mrs. Sun, who happened to pass by.

When she woke up, she knew that her woman's identity had been discovered by her mother and daughter, so she said that she had traveled from the capital to Hami to look for her sister who she had not seen for many years. In order to make it easier to travel, women dress up as men.

Originally, Zhang Yue didn't eat and sleep well along the way, and because of the rain, this typhoid fever came very fiercely, and it took more than half a month to recover.

This Aunt Sun has been widowed for many years, and it is not easy to live alone with her daughter, but during this time, she has raised one more person, Zhang Yue has no money, so she wants to help Aunt Sun's mother and daughter do more farm work. Thinking of this, she raised the axe in her hand again, ready to continue chopping.

Ye Zi was sorting out the fine wood that had been cut next to him, and said casually, "By the way, Little Fifth Sister, I have always wanted to ask you, who is Rumo?" ”

Zhang Yue's hand shook, and the axe was immediately crooked, splitting into the air, "You... Who are you talking about? ”

Ye Zi said in a daze, "Rumo! When you had a high fever and were confused, you kept saying this name in your mouth. I thought this person was important to you? ”

Zhang Yue felt that his throat was a little clogged, raised his hand and violently split a piece of wood, and then said lightly, "He just owes me money." With that, he put down his axe, turned and went into the house.

Ye Zi looked at Zhang Yue's back, and then shouted very firmly, "Then he must owe you a lot of money, because when you were unconscious, you called him many times!" ”

Zhang Yue's body staggered as soon as she walked into the door, almost not falling, and after she stood firmly, she entered the room as if nothing happened.

In the evening, Zhang Yue was by the candle, writing Chinese characters in block letters on the paper, and teaching Ye Zi to read after writing a word, and Aunt Sun looked at the two kindly while sewing and mending clothes.

"Little Fifth Sister, did I write this word correctly......"

Ye Zi kept asking Zhang Yue, and Aunt Sun frowned beside her, "Ye Zi, don't keep pestering Xiao Wu." ”

Zhang Yue said, "Auntie, it doesn't matter, Ye Zi is very smart, I am willing to teach her." ”

Ye Zi said proudly, "Mother, look! The fifth sister also said that I was smart, and I also wanted to go to school like the fat man next door. ”

Aunt Sun's face was flat, "Girls' families, what kind of school to study, just know a few words." ”

Ye's mouth immediately pursed.

Zhang Yue hurriedly said, "Auntie, although Ye Zi is a girl, she is smart by nature, much stronger than many boys, and in just a few days, she has already learned more than 100 words." Only when you know how to read can you read books, and you will learn a lot of truths when you read books, and life will be more exciting if you understand many truths! ”

Aunt Sun sighed lightly, "So you asked Wang Laosi next door to exchange money for the firewood that you had been chopping on the mountain for several days before, and bought pen and paper for Ye Zi in the town market." It's just to teach the leaves to read. ”

Zhang Yue kept writing in his hand, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "A few loads of firewood for a literate leaf are too worthwhile." ”

Aunt Sun's body froze, her eyes were a little red, and after a long time, her frozen body softened, "In a few days, wait for the donkey raised in the yard to be stronger, and let Wang Laosi next door help lead it to the town to sell." ”

Ye Zi asked strangely, "Mother, that donkey, didn't you say that you would sell it next year and build a new house?" ”

Aunt Sun looked at her daughter lovingly, "I won't build a new house, I will sell it for you to go to school." ”

Ye Zi couldn't believe his ears, "Really, mother, you agree to let me go to school!" Great, Little Fifth Sister, did you hear that? My mother agreed to let me go to school. ”

Zhang Yue's eyes flashed, and after writing the last Chinese character on the paper, he put down his pen. He also said happily, "Great, Yezi." You have to honor your mother! ”

"Thank you, mother!"

Zhang Yue looked at the mother and daughter who were in deep love, "Yezi, there are hundreds of commonly used Chinese characters here, and I have already taught you to know some of them when I am writing them in the past few days." In the future, I will not be by your side, and you will have to learn according to the copy every day. ”

Aunt Sun and Ye Zi were stunned, and Ye Zi said, "Little Fifth Sister, are you leaving?" ”

Zhang Yue patted Ye Zi's head lightly, "Yes, I still have to go to Hami to find my sister?" ”

"But I can't bear you!"

Aunt Sun also said, "Yes, let's stay for a while." ”

Zhang Yue smiled, "I can't live anymore, aunt, I'm going to leave tomorrow." ”

"But your carriage has been lost, how can you get to Hami?"

Zhang Yue said with a smile, "I have hands and feet, so I can work while rushing to earn travel expenses." ”

Aunt Sun was silent for a moment, "You wait a minute." ”

She then walked to the bed and took out a small cloth bag from the inner layer of the bed, and she slowly opened the cloth bag, which contained two pieces of broken silver and dozens of large coins scattered around. "Xiao Wu, you can take it all, don't be too little. That's all there is to it. ”

Zhang Yue waved his hands in a panic, "No, no, no." Auntie, this is all your money. You have a life-saving grace for me, how can I take all your money. ”

Aunt Sun shook her head, "Little Wu, although Auntie has never seen the world, she can see that you are not an ordinary person, but you have encountered difficulties temporarily, don't be afraid!" The difficulties will always pass! If you treat me as your aunt, take these away. ”

Ye Zi also said, "Yes, little fifth sister, you can take it, my mother and I still have land, we can't be hungry." When I become literate and have the ability, I will still earn money to support my mother. ”

Zhang Yue looked at the simple mother and daughter in front of her, took the money tremblingly, and tears flowed down her eyes.

"Auntie, Yezi, thank you. Auntie, if you and Ye Zi want to leave here one day in the future, you can take Ye Zi to go to Xuanwei Academy in Wuling Mountain, Xingji, Hebei, where Lu Danjing is in charge of the academy is my senior brother, you tell him that you are my friends, he will take you in, Ye Zi can study there, and your life will be taken care of very well. ”

Aunt Sun will be suspicious, "Really? ”

"Well, believe me, the people in the academy are very good!"

Ye Zi listened and asked curiously, "Little Fifth Sister, is that academy bigger than the school in the town?" ”

Zhang Yue said with tears in his eyes and a smile, "Yezi, that's the best school in the world!" ”

"Oh!" The leaf's yearning eyes flickered and blinked. Thinking that they would part on the second day, the three of them sighed again.

In the early morning of the second day, Zhang Yue had breakfast, and helped Aunt Sun chop a lot of firewood, and at noon, she picked up her luggage, the so-called luggage was actually a few men's clothes that Aunt Sun had helped her sew these days.

She was about to say goodbye to her mother and daughter. Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves and the cries of adults and children sounded at the entrance of the village, from far and near.