- With a "snap", Jiang Han fell to the ground on his side. Fortunately, the person who opened the door was clever, jumped away in time, and she herself was agile, so she didn't fall into a "dog eating" posture!

"You girl, why are you so reckless?!" Aunt Liu, who opened the door, pulled her up.

"Why are you only coming back now? Didn't you say you could get home at noon? Is the case broken? Did you get the money? She let go of Jiang Han, who had already stood up, and frowned and looked at the door, "Why did you bring two beggars back?" Where's your brother Kang? ”

"Auntie, what are you talking about? They're not beggars, they were picked up by me and Brother Kang on the road - they met bandits......"

"Bandits? Have you encountered bandits? Are you okay Brother Kang? ”

"It's okay, it's not our ......"

"Why do you two have so much courage? If you don't run away when you encounter a bandit, why do you get there? You don't want to die? ”

"No, auntie, it's not our ......"

"Isn't it? You're taking advantage of it again, aren't you? Also deadlift your brother Kang! I'm just your brother Kang's son, if something happens to him again, how can I live?! Then she slapped her hands on her thighs, sat down on the ground, and began to cry.

"Mother! What's wrong? Liu Xiaomei heard her mother's cry, held a firewood, and hurriedly ran out of the kitchen, and Father Jiang also moved anxiously to the door with a cane: "What's wrong?" What's going on again, Xiaoyue, why did you make your aunt cry? ”

"Oh, daddy, auntie, really! Before I finished speaking, she was alone and cried! "Jiang Han is really speechless.

"What the hell is going on?"

"Oops! Auntie, my brother Kang is fine, he has returned to the Yamen! - Brother Kang and I hid from the rain in the ruined temple and picked up these two people - their family met a thief on the road, her mother died, and the nurse was nowhere to be found, Brother Kang went back to the yamen to report the news, so I brought them back first - that's it! Jiang Han pulled Yun Niang's sister and brother forward, and defended helplessly with a face.

“……”

"Who told you not to make it clear at once? When I heard you say that you are a bandit, you are so scared! Aunt Liu hurriedly put away her crying, wiped the tears from her face, stood up awkwardly, covered the door, and drove a few people forward, "Go into the house and say!" ”

"Uncle, aunt, my name is Xie Yunniang, this is my younger brother Xie Anji, we were originally going to Hezhou Mansion to join our relatives, but we met bandits on the way - thank you Miss Jiang and Brother Liu for saving our sister and brother." After Yun Niang finished speaking, she bowed deeply to the people in the house, "When Brother Liu brings my nurse back, we will reward you well!" ”

"Don't be so polite, girl, when everyone is in trouble, they just happened to bump into each other, and by the way, they just took a hand. You're going to stay here for one night today, and then you'll talk about it when Dakang comes back. Father Jiang stretched out his hand to let the sisters and brothers get up, and looked at the embarrassed sisters and brothers lovingly at the light that had just been lit in the room, "These bandits!" - Xiaoyue, you take them to the West Chamber, get your clothes, and let them change and wash them first. ”

The Jiangjia courtyard is the most ordinary courtyard in Zhupai Lane.

There is a porch at the entrance of the small courtyard, and under the steps behind the porch, there is a bluestone paved road that is half a zhang wide and leads directly to the main house. There are three rooms in the main house, two rooms in the east and west compartments. There is no corridor between the three compartments, but there is also a three-foot-wide stone road connecting the east and west compartments.

Jiang Han now lives in the East Chamber.

Walking from the east wing to the back of the main house, there is a backyard less than three zhang deep, and a miscellaneous house is built in the backyard, which is mainly used to house pickle jars.

There are eight or nine peach and plum trees planted in the small courtyard, except for two neatly planted in front of the house, and there are three smaller ones on the side of the west wing and the kitchen.

The kitchen is three feet in front of the east wing, and there are two large and small rooms, one for cooking, and one for firewood and tools. There is a well in front of the kitchen, and the small tree is two zhang northwest of the well, and there are two simple stone piers under the tree, one large and one small.

There is no well wheel on the well, so when drawing water, tie a long rope to the bucket, throw the bucket upside down into the well, and pull the rope up after loading the water. There is a large vat next to the well, and there is a sink next to the vat that is built to facilitate cleaning.

"In the kitchen, my little sister has boiled water just now, and I will go home to find out if there are any suitable clothes for Miss Xie." Aunt Liu also said to Yun Niang with a smile.

Then she turned her head again and looked at Jiang Han with disgust, "You go wash it too, look at your dirty body!" After disgusting, he slapped her the back before turning around and going home.

In the middle of the next day, Liu Dakang came back with the people from the Yamen, and took Yun Niang's sisters and brothers away, and when they came back, they only brought back Yun Niang's mother's ashes, but Mama Wen had no news.

After Yun Niang came back, she held her mother's ashes for three days, and Xiao An stayed by her side without saying a word, not leaving for a moment, looking like she was afraid that his sister would not want to leave her.

The Jiang and Liu families didn't know how to treat them for a while.

Although Father Jiang is very sympathetic to the siblings, when he thinks of his own situation, the number of sighs every day has increased significantly. Jiang Han only delivered meals to the sisters and brothers on time every day, and didn't dare to say anything else - because of her, the family was about to be unable to keep the yard, and she had just been beaten by her aunt and father because of the Dongyue lawsuit.

The situation of the Liu family is not much better, although Liu Dakang proposed to let the sisters and brothers live in his house, but his mother refused to nod. What his mother means is that his family's fortune has only been good for a few years, and he can't add any more bad luck.

On the evening of the third day, Jiang Han was called out by Aunt Liu, and after a while, he came back with a bunch of paper money and rune paper.

She found a charcoal basin in the kitchen, threw the paper money at the bottom of the basin, then carefully spread the rune paper on it, and ran to the bathroom in the east wing, and took out a few dirty and tattered clothes and put them on top of the rune paper.

After a while, I saw her holding the charcoal basin that was on fire, and hurriedly went to the west chamber where Yun Niang temporarily lived.

"Come on, come on, you two hurry up and step over this brazier and go to bad luck!" She placed the brazier at the door of the room and went to pull the two people who were still in a daze.

Yun Niang was pulled by her, and almost dropped the urn she was holding in her arms, frowned, and finally woke up, and said the first sentence in three days in a dumb voice, "What is this for?" ”

"it!"

“……”

"What Aunt Liu said, the rune paper was all begged for by her when she went to the Eight Immortals Nunnery today, and said that the presiding teacher recited the scriptures and cast the law!"

“……”

"It's very spiritual! …… Anyway, I'd rather believe in it...... "Take herself as an example, there are still some things in the world that can't be explained."

She eagerly looked at the sister and brother who were stunned by the brazier, and seeing that the two did not react at all, she hurriedly stretched out her hand to pull Xiao An, "Xiao An, come first, hurry up, the fire will be gone in a while!" ”

“…… Sister! Xiao An was pushed across the brazier and stood at the door, looking pitifully at his sister.

Yun Niang raised her eyes to meet his gaze, tears flowed out of the ground, her mother's urn was hugged in her arms with both hands, squatting in front of the brazier and shouting "Mother", while crying.

Looking at the scene in front of her, Jiang Han's eyes were also a little sour, but seeing that half of the clothes in the brazier had been burned, she became anxious again: "Hey, you, do you want to cross over and cry again?" …… That's, wait until the fire is going to be gone......"

Jiang Han couldn't go on talking anymore, not only did he think that it was better for her to cry than to be in a daze, but he was also afraid that when she finished crying for a while, the fire would be gone, and the bad luck would not be gone.

After throwing away the clothes, she was ruthless, and bent over to push the girl who was still squatting sadly: "Hey, that, Miss Xie, you better cry after stepping over the brazier...... If you delay it any longer, the fire will be gone after a while, and I can't take off my jacket too......"

The person who was still grief-stricken was pushed so hard that he couldn't squat, so he had to look up, but he saw an embarrassed and flattering face, and when he heard her somewhat aggrieved words, he choked for a while. In a trance, she was pulled up, and straddled the brazier crookedly, bringing up the ashes in the brazier.

"Okay, now the bad luck is gone, let's live a good life in the future!"

"......" Hearing this, Yun Niang turned her head to look at her eyes, and her mind gradually cleared, but she opened her mouth a few times, and she didn't say anything to ask to stay-this family has no relatives with them, and the black-clothed people who assassinated them don't know when, they will find them, and when the time comes, they will also affect the innocent two families.

"Well, then, what are your plans for the future?" Seeing that neither of them responded, Jiang Han pursed his lips and asked cautiously.

"......" Yun Niang lowered her head, shook her head again, and stroked the urn crampedly with her right hand.

“…… If you really don't have a place to go, you can stay at my house for the time being. ”

Hearing this, Yun Niang suddenly raised her head, and saw Jiang Han with a somewhat embarrassed smile on her face, looking at her speculatively.

"I went to Liu's house just now, and Brother Kang asked me to come back and tell you that those men in black don't know if they ran away - however, he said that he asked Uncle Zhao to help with the dots, and in the case file of the official office, now your sister and brother are dead. After a while, he will find a way to help you get a new household registration, so that you can avoid those who want to track you down for the time being. She saw Yun Niang's tears flowing out again, paused, and continued, "After a while to stabilize, look carefully for Mama Wen - don't worry, if you don't see her body, it means that she either managed to run away or was rescued." ”

“…… Thank you, thank you...... So much for us! Hearing this, Yun Niang couldn't hold back the gratitude in her heart, hugged Jiang Han, and wiped her collar with tears and snot - God is not completely blind, and let her and her brother meet these kind people!

"Uh...... I'll take the brazier back first, and you will wipe your face in a while - it's not a good thing to live in my house, you can also see the situation in my house, my father is injured and has trouble moving, I have to go out to find something to do, and you can only take care of yourself when you live here. ”

"I know, I know, I will take care of myself and my brother, and I will help you get everything done in your house."

"Haha, in that case, then I have to thank you! You helped me do everything at home, but you helped me solve my worries! ”

"I'll help you with the housework too!" Xiao An tugged at Jiang Han's sleeve and hurriedly expressed his loyalty.

"Well, thank you too! - Okay, in the future, you two will stay at home and help me take care of my father, and I will find something to do as soon as possible, earn money as soon as possible, and strive to keep this small courtyard! Let's do it together! - Come on! Jiang Han squinted and smiled at the sister and brother, took the basin in one hand, and waved his fist in the air with the other, and went out to the kitchen.

At that moment, her back seemed to shine and be full of power. Yun Niang looked at her like this, and suddenly felt that the future didn't seem so terrible.

After Jiang Han walked for a while, she came back to her senses, and suddenly remembered that she and her younger brother still had silver tickets quietly sewn in their middle clothes, and after the clothes were changed, she didn't care about them because of a series of things. She thought about it carefully, and felt that the Jiang family and the Liu family should not be the kind of people who are greedy for money, but these conversations with the Jiang girl can be heard, and they seem to be really in trouble. Since they didn't care about anything and left their sister and brother, she could also take out the silver in her middle coat to ease their urgent needs, so that she and her brother could also be in a better situation. The silver tickets in my brother's middle coat were kept just in case.

Thinking of this, she put the urn on the table, turned around and went straight to the bath in the east wing.

She rummaged through the pile of dirty clothes, searched the corners and corners of the bathroom, but never found her and her brother's middle clothes, her face turned white, and she hurriedly turned around and went to the kitchen.

"Miss Jiang, did you help us wash and put away the clothes that my brother and I changed that day?"

"What clothes are washed and put away?" Jiang Han just came in with some firewood, ready to make a fire to cook, and when he heard this, he looked at her blankly.

"It's the clothes we wore the day we came."

"Oh, those clothes, I just burned them."

"Burned?!" Yun Niang's voice suddenly rose up, startling Jiang Han.

"That's right, Aunt Liu said, as long as you put your clothes on the rune paper and burn them, and then let you cross the brazier, the bad luck can be driven away, you only have the same set of clothes when you came......"

"Burned ......"

"That suit is dirty and torn inside and out, and it's okay if it burns, right? Or do you want to keep it as a memory? ”

"Burned......" Yun Niang sat on the ground with a weak body, and cried again at Jiang Han, Xiao An, who was following her, didn't know why, so she just rushed over in a panic and hugged her and cried.

The cries of the two became louder and louder, alarming Father Jiang who was lying in the main room, and also alarming Aunt Liu's family next door.

The sister and brother were inexplicably heartbroken, but Jiang Han was inexplicably trained by several other people.