Chapter 42: Saving a Life

If it was in her previous life, she encountered such a situation, whether it was to send the child to an orphanage, or to fund him to live and study, it would not be a problem, but in this time and space, she herself was still struggling to survive, always worried that Zhao Fengnian would not get sick, and worked hard to find a backer, just to avoid being bullied. With such an embarrassing life, what ability does she have to help others?

What's more, saving this person is not just as simple as giving him a meal, but even being responsible for his later life, because this person, strictly speaking, is still a child.

She persuaded herself like this in her heart, hoping that she could recognize the reality and abandon the most useless sympathy, but the black and white eyes, the slender Danfeng eyes, always flashed in her mind, as if she was silently accusing her of being hard-hearted and unable to save her death, no matter how she shook her head, she couldn't shake her head.

In the end, he had to stop and let out a long sigh, that's it, in such a cold weather, there are few people going to the mountain temple, if he doesn't save him, this child is afraid that he will really freeze and starve to death. It is said that if you save someone's life and win the seventh-level floating slaughter, you should accumulate virtue, and you may be able to have a good reward in the future.

Thinking like this, she immediately turned around and trotted back to the ruined temple, the child was still lying in the middle of the hall, as if the fire he had just eaten was not enough to support him to move, and when he heard Ruixue's footsteps, he just glanced up slightly, and then fell down again.

Rui Xue squatted in front of him, was silent for a long time, and said, "The weather is so cold, if you live in this temple, I'm afraid you will freeze to death." I don't have a small servant at home to help with chores to eat and live, but you have to be diligent, would you like to come? ”

When the boy heard this, instead of nodding his head in joy at once, a flash of annoyance flashed in his eyes, as if he had heard some insult, and his chapped lips were pursed, and he looked like he was trying to endure it.

His reaction was very unexpected for Ruixue, causing her to frown and sneer, "What? Do you feel that being a little guy has wronged you? You don't think that someone will help you back to be an old lady, if you do, well, I hope you can wait until that kind of saint appears. ”

It's really kind to be a donkey's liver and lungs, and she still has to be angry to save people, if there is no delay in this matter, she is about to arrive home at this time. The sky is about to get dark, Zhao Fengnian is afraid that he is looking at the door again, his body is blown by the cold wind, will he be infected with the wind cold again.

The more Ruixue thought about it, the more annoyed she became, and she got up and walked outside the temple with her package.

The anger on the little beggar's face, as Rui Xue's footsteps went away, gradually faded, replaced by horror, if this woman left, I am afraid that he would really freeze to death in this broken temple, even if someone else came, it may not be able to save him back, in case he saw his true face, but had some evil intentions, just like his most evil and dirty brother...

No, he has to live, he wants revenge, he wants to get back everything that belongs to him...

"I'll go with you...", the fire that was eaten was finally transformed into great strength, and it spread along the stomach and intestines to the mouth and nose, and the sound of shouting shook the snow on the eaves and fell, and it was falling in the collar of Rui Xue in the door and outside the door, so cold that she shivered, turned around and glared at the little beggar angrily, "Let's go, what to shout, people who don't know, I think you are going to go to war." ”

After saying that, he walked back to the little beggar and asked, "You don't have any injuries on your body, do you?" Get up and walk, it will be even more difficult to walk when the road is dark. ”

The little beggar was a little stunned by her roar, and slowly sat up, a trace of annoyance flashed in the half-drooping Danfeng's eyes, and then said weakly, "I'm so hungry that I don't have the strength to walk." ”

Rui Xue rolled her eyes fiercely, "Didn't you just eat the fire, why did you just shout a word, and it was consumed." ”

The little beggar didn't answer, but remained silent, which was quite indulgent.

Ruixue was helpless, looking around for a long time, and there were no tools, so she had to stuff the package into the little beggar's arms, and then squatted in front of him, saying, "Come up, I'll carry you back." ”

The little beggar seemed to be a little disbelieving, and glanced down at his ragged and tattered clothes, the smell was unbearable even when he sniffed it, this woman really didn't dislike it?

He leaned on Rui Xue like a negative spirit, and Rui Xue stood up with both hands on his legs, and said, "Let's go, let's go home." So saying, he went out of the temple gate. The wind and snow were a little smaller than just now, and it was much easier to walk, and the cold wind hit the little beggar in the face, freezing all the doubts and uneasiness he had when he looked at Ruixue.

Rui Xue's heart is also heavy and happy intertwined, a little complicated, this child looks the same age as Da Zhuang, but this body is not strong and heavy, the leg bones she is holding in her hand are extremely thin to the touch, I think I must have suffered a lot, and I don't know where his parents are, how can I be willing to let the child live so hard, today fortunately I returned to save him, otherwise, he couldn't survive such a winter.

The two of them had their own different thoughts, slowly walking on the mountain road, Rui Xue gradually became a little tired, panting and heavy, there were small beads of sweat behind the ears slowly oozing out, falling, the little beggar couldn't help but reach out and wanted to help her wipe it, but unfortunately the fingers that had not been washed for many days were too dirty, but instead left a black mark on the white jade-like neck, which made him panic suddenly, and wanted to wipe it with his sleeve, but he was afraid that the more he wiped, the dirtier it would be, and he froze there for a while and didn't know what to do.

Rui Xue felt itching behind her ears, and thought that the little beggar was afraid of the cold and hiding behind her, so she turned her head and said loudly, "Look at the package, it is a book bought for our shopkeeper, if you lose it, he will not agree to take you in." Also, keep your mouth shut and be careful to pour in the cold wind and your stomach hurts. ”

The little beggar obediently hugged the package in his arms this time, and lowered his head to hide behind Ruixue.

After walking more than 100 meters, Ruixue really couldn't hold on, and was about to take advantage of the snow light to rest in a place on the side of the road, when he heard a faint shout in front of him, stood still, and listened carefully, sure enough, the voice from the wind shouted, "Zhao Niangzi!" Zhao Niangzi, where are you? ”

Rui Xue put down the little beggar in surprise, clasped her hands around her mouth and shouted, "Brother Zhang, Brother Gao, we are here!" ”

Soon, the cold wind brought the unique sound of the wooden wheel, and the sound of the whip swinging, Zhang Dahe and Gao Fuquan appeared not far away with the ox cart, the two of them were overjoyed when they saw Ruixue, and quickly rushed over, and said in a loud voice, "Big sister, I found you, Mr. Zhao was so anxious to find it in person, and was stopped by us, you go back with us, everyone is waiting." ”

Rui Xue nodded a little apologetically and said with a smile, "I've been picking up books in the city for a long time, and I picked up this kid after I left the city, and I delayed for a while." ”

Zhang Dahe and Gao Fuquan heard her say this, and when they looked closely, they saw that she was indeed leaning on a half-grown child on her legs, and she couldn't see her face clearly in the dark night, only a pair of eyes seemed to refract the snow light, which was extremely bright.

"Get in the car and go home." Zhang Dahe led the ox cart to turn around, Gao Fuquan stepped forward to pick up the little beggar, and the four of them got on the ox cart and rushed home.

Gao Fuquan took an old quilt and gave it to Ruixue, "Don't be dirty, wear it, this wind is too cold." ”

Rui Xue knew that this was usually covered with tofu, but she didn't dislike it, so she took it and unfolded it, and put half of it on the little beggar's body, and the two sat on the leeward, and soon entered the village, and the ox cart turned into the back street.

Da Zhuang heard the sound of the whip from a distance and ran into the house, shouting, "Daddy, they're back." ”

Cui Niang and Sister-in-law Zhang hurriedly greeted her, just in time for Rui Xue to take the package and get out of the car, the two of them grabbed her one by one and began to count, "You don't bring anyone with you when you go to the city, and you come back so late, what if you meet bad people on the way, this world is in chaos, Cuihuaer in the front village just went into the city to see the lights, and was abducted by others..."

Rui Xue also knew that she was a little reckless this time, so she smiled dryly and comforted them, "Sister-in-law, I was wrong, I must come back early next time, and I encountered something on the way, so it was delayed, otherwise I would have come back before dark." ”

"What's the matter, but someone bullied you?" Zhao Fengnian's cold mixed with annoyed voice came out of the half-open door, Rui Xue saw that his face was pale, and he felt guilty again, and immediately smiled, "No, no, how dare anyone bully me, I saved a child and came back, so I delayed the journey." ”

Zhao Fengnian glanced at the little beggar who was carried behind by Gao Fuquan, snorted coldly, and turned back to the inner room.

Ruixue stuck out her tongue and secretly exclaimed, it's over, it's over, the shopkeeper is angry again. She wanted to go into the house to accompany her, but she felt that there were people in the room, and she couldn't pull her face, and besides, there was still that little beggar to deal with.

So, she turned around and beckoned Gao Fuquan to put the little beggar on the chair, and said with a smile, "Brother Gao, sister-in-law Gao, let you worry, it's too late, you go back to rest first, let's talk about it tomorrow." ”

The Gao family and his wife were also worried about the children at home, and seeing that Ruixue was safe and sound, they were not polite and left.

Zhang's sister-in-law sent Zhang Dahe home with curiosity to look at the little beggar's big brother and sister, and then pulled Ruixue and said, "I'm afraid this child is hungry, I'll go to the stove to cook some rice porridge, you go and boil water for him to wash." ”

Rui Xue nodded, and suddenly remembered that there was an angry Zhao Fengnian in the house, so she smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, let's go boil water, I'll go to the stove, the porridge is too long, it's better to make egg custard, and also send a bowl to my shopkeeper, I'm afraid he won't have a good dinner." ”

"Okay, okay, this man is like a child, he has to coax." Sister-in-law Zhang smiled and went out to boil water, leaving Ruixue who was blushing, and poured a cup of tea for the little beggar, "Sit down for a while, and I'll make you something to eat right away." ”

The little beggar sat in the hall, drank a sip of warm tea, frowned slightly, raised his eyes to look at the simple furnishings in the room, a touch of disdain flashed in his eyes, and when he turned his eyes to the door of the inner room, he was facing a pair of cold eyes, and the scrutiny and even blame in his eyes made him feel annoyed for a while, and he wanted to turn his head to avoid it, but he felt that it was too embarrassing to flee without a fight, so he glared back.

Zhao Fengnian smiled faintly, opened the door and walked out, sitting on the main seat and drinking tea leisurely, silently hinting at his status as the head of the family, which made the little beggar frown even deeper.