Xiaowan was woken up by cold water, and when she opened her eyes, the villagers had dispersed, and it was dark outside.

"Get up quickly, take those clothes and wash them by the river." Xu didn't care about Xiaowan's injuries at all, and ordered her, "If you can't finish washing before dark, you won't have anything to eat when you come back, if you want to be hungry, just rub it off." Also, don't wash my clothes, or I'll chop off your fingers. ”

Xiaowan struggled to get up, with severe pain in her buttocks, fortunately she was beaten in the yard today, Xu didn't pick her pants, so as not to break the flesh and skin, but it also hurt her to make it difficult.

Carrying a large basket of clothes, she moved to the river step by step, the fiery sunset shone on the water, Xiaowan thought silently in her heart, hoping that the sun would sink slower, so that she could go home in time to wash and see if her stepmother could give her a bite to eat.

Xiao Wan quickly washed her clothes, but her ass hurt so much that she couldn't sit or squat, so she could only hunch over and bend over.

Suddenly hearing the sound of horses' hooves, Xiaowan's heart trembled, and she followed the sound to look over.

Under the setting sun, the tall figure riding on a horse was slowly walking here, and the setting sun was gilded on his body, like a god from heaven.

Xiao Wan recognized that it was the figure of the son that day, and her heart was pounding, but she immediately withdrew her gaze.

She can't be like this, she can't fantasize about the impossible to numb herself, people have wives and children, she shouldn't even look at it.

But when she retracted her gaze, she was shocked to see her stepmother's skirt floating out with the waves, and Xiaowan didn't have time to catch it, so she was so frightened that she stepped directly into the river to catch it.

Tonight, the water was a little strong, and she was beaten and had no strength under her, and she was washed by the water and fell headlong.

Seeing this scene, Ling Chaofeng quickly jumped off his horse and caught up, but Xiao Wan had already fainted in the icy river.

"Girl?" Ling Chaofeng picked up Xiaowan, the unconscious in his arms, no matter how he called it, he didn't respond.

It was dark, Daqing came back from the dock to pick up Su Su and the child to go home, just met Ling Chaofeng to go back to the inn, but he got off the horse and hugged a girl down.

Walking into the store, the lights were bright, and everyone could see clearly, the girl was soaked and unconscious, and her thin body looked very small in Ling Chaofeng's arms.

"It's my father who bought it for me." Pei'er ran over and looked at her father in surprise, "Daddy, have you bought Pei'er a mother?" ”

Ling Chaofeng had no time to mess around with his son, glanced at Aunt Zhang, and then carried someone upstairs to the guest room.

Su Su handed over the child to Daqing, went upstairs to help, and stripped off Xiaowan's soaked clothes with Aunt Zhang, and was surprised to see the thin girl, with no skin on her body, her farts and thighs were swollen and purple, and she was hot to the touch, obviously just beaten...... They trembled with anger.

"It's pathetic." Su Su immediately shed tears, remembering the days when she had been abused and beaten, she knew that this girl had suffered a lot, and while crying, she carefully wiped her body medicine and dressed her well.

The wound on the small evening fart-thigh can't lie down to sleep, so she can only lie on her side.

Uncle Biao went to pick up the doctor, and when the doctor saw Xiaowan, he sighed and said: "It's this child again, when she came to grab medicine during the Chinese New Year, I saw that she was injured, hey...... Ruthless man, such a good boy, fight like this. ”

Outside the door of the guest room, Pei'er looked around, Ling Chaofeng beckoned him in, hugged him and let him look at Xiaowan's face, and asked his son, "Is it the sister who bought you sugar gourd?" ”

"It's Auntie." Pei'er corrected her father, "It's not my sister. ”

Ling Chaofeng smiled, yes, if the son calls this girl sister, they will be a generation behind, and they will ......

He looked back at the sleeping man with great pity in his heart, but when he saw the girl for the first time, it was not just out of pity that he looked at her more.

"Daddy, is this my mother?" Pei'er asked.

"Don't talk nonsense, it will scare people." Ling Chaofeng said softly, "Pei'er, tomorrow my aunt will wake up, will you give her candy to eat?" ”

Pei'er nodded: "I'll give all the sugar to my aunt, so that my aunt can be my mother." ”

Ling Chaofeng couldn't cry or laugh: "Okay, go to sleep." ”

The little guy lay on his father's shoulder and was carried out by him, he looked at the person on the bed, but tears fell, but he immediately wiped it off with his chubby hand, not daring to let his father find out.

Xiaowan slept for a long, long night, her whole body was warm, and her farts were cool and calming her injuries, she was very greedy to immerse herself in such comfort, but she would also be uneasy in her dreams.

I don't know if I will be woken up by a basin of cold water again, and I don't know if I will be woken up by my stepmother again.

Skirt...... Xiao Wan remembered that Xu's skirt was floating in the river, and she opened her eyes in horror.

But in front of her, instead of the fierce and vicious face of the stepmother, but the gentle eyebrows and distressed eyes, a beautiful woman asked her lovingly: "Child, are you awake?" ”

Xiaowan looked in a trance, looking at Aunt Zhang blankly, as if she had seen it somewhere, no, she couldn't have seen it, this must be a dream, she must still be in a dream.

"I'll change your dressing first, and we'll eat when we're done." Aunt Zhang said, gently pressed Xiaowan down, lifted the quilt and tore off her pants.

Xiaowan curled up in horror, and Aunt Zhang said gently: "Good boy, don't be afraid, it's all a woman's family, I can be your mother." ”

As he spoke, he wiped off the remaining plaster on Xiao Wan's fart-thigh, because of the pain, Xiao Wan gritted her teeth and didn't dare to gnaw, but her body couldn't help but tremble, Aunt Zhang was very distressed when she saw it, and she became more and more careful and gentle.

The cold ointment was reapplied, the pain gradually dissipated, and Xiao Wan's body finally relaxed.

"Just call me Aunt Zhang, I'm a handyman in this inn." Aunt Zhang reached out and touched Xiaowan's face, and smiled gently, "You were picked up by our shopkeeper last night, and now the night has passed, and it is dawn." ”

There was a man's voice outside the door, Aunt Zhang said that it was okay to let him in, and Xiaowan saw a tall and mighty, rugged-looking man coming in with dishes and chopsticks.

She was stunned, but the aroma of the food was also domineering into her body.

"The porridge made in goose meat and duck broth is inevitably a little fishy, but it defeats the fire and detoxifies." Uncle Biao said, "The meat has been torn into shredded meat for you, so it is easy to digest, child, you are too weak, I am afraid that you will eat a large piece of meat and refrain from moving." ”

Xiaowan was helped up and leaned on Aunt Zhang's arms, she took the porridge bowl, scooped a spoonful and blew it, and sent it to Xiaowan's mouth.

It must have been a dream, it must have been, or, is she dead?

Xiaowan looked at everything in front of her in a daze, and unconsciously lowered her head and drank a sip of warm and delicious porridge, as if injecting strength into her weak body, she suddenly felt that her whole body was full of strength.

At this time, there was a little guy, wearing sleeping clothes, with messy hair and sleepy eyes, lying in front of the door and looking at it, turning around and running, and running back after a while, running to Xiaowan's bed.

Xiaowan remembered that this was the child who pestered her to buy sugar gourds on New Year's Day, and she really didn't expect them to meet again, or even meet their families.

"Candy for you." Pei'er put his sugar jar in Xiaowan's arms, "Auntie, the sugar candy is for you to eat, it won't hurt if you eat sugar, every time my father beats me, he will give me candy." ”

Aunt Zhang said with a smile: "The sun is coming out in the west, and we are willing to give candy to others to eat." ”

Xiaowan was flattered, when would she have such a life to be loved, she must have died and been reincarnated in someone else's body.

"Grandma, I want to eat porridge too." Pei'er said while crawling onto the bed, and suddenly fell into Xiaowan's arms, the chubby little guy, Xiaowan didn't have the strength to bear it now, and couldn't help but fall back, and her farts were pressed heavily on the bed, making her tremble in pain.

"Pei'er!" An angry voice came, and Xiao Wan opened her eyes to see that the man standing in front of the door was him again.

Ling Chaofeng walked in, and after greeting Xiao Wan, he forced his son out of her arms with his eyes, and the little guy stood honestly beside his father, not daring to move again.

Ling Chaofeng asked Xiao Wan: "The girl is better." ”

Aunt Zhang asked, "Child, what is your name and which girl is it?" ”

Xiaowan lowered her eyes and reported to her home, not forgetting to thank Ling Chaofeng for saving her, and not forgetting to ask: "Did those clothes be lost by the river?" ”

But the people here don't care about clothes, they care about Xiaowan and ask her: "Who beat you and why did you beat you like this?" The doctor who came to see you last night said that he had seen you on New Year's Day, and you had an injury on your arm, and it has been several months, and you are beaten every day, right? ”

Xiao Wan's tears were in her eyes, she nodded, and she couldn't say anything.

Aunt Zhang asked, "Who beat you, your father, or your mother?" ”

"It's the stepmother...... Xiaowan choked up, "My father is not at home, he works in a foreign country, he is a foreman who opened the mountain, and his mother is gone very early." ”

"Poor child, you can live here with peace of mind to recuperate, and then leave when you are well." Aunt Zhang said, "Don't worry about other things, don't worry about those torn clothes, your stepmother really cares, I'll give her silver." ”

Xiaowan shook her head again and again, looked at Aunt Zhang, and then at Ling Chaofeng, and said timidly, "I'...... I can't trouble you, my stepmother is very powerful, she ......"

Ling Chaofeng said: "I'll go to your house for a while, you can rest assured that you can recuperate here, and the rest will happen when your injuries are healed." With me here, don't be afraid. ”

Xiao Wan looked at him in a daze, unconsciously blushing, feeling that the roots of her neck were hot, she quickly lowered her head.

Aunt Zhang smiled silently, helped her lie down on her stomach again, and said with a smile: "Another guy will also come to work in a while, my sister who is a few years older than you, you young people can talk easier, okay?" ”

What's not good, Xiaowan still feels that she is either in a dream or dead, how can she have such a good life.

But think about it calmly, if it wasn't a dream instead of death, the dream would always wake up, she still had to go back to that home, and Xu Shi might be angry now, and he wanted to pick her skin.

Ling Chaofeng went downstairs, Aunt Zhang also went downstairs, she looked at the shopkeeper with a deep smile, Ling Chaofeng was embarrassed by her, turned her back and coughed dryly: "I want to ...... Leave her behind. ”