The night is dark.

It was raining.

The small courtyard on Baiye Street is a little leaky.

Sanniang, who was squatting in front of the stove, held an umbrella to block the rainwater dripping from the roof, and carefully looked after the fire.

The rain was a little heavier, and the night wind outside the window was so strong that the old door opened and closed.

The rain was also stirred by the night breeze and poured into the narrow door.

Sanniang was caught off guard by the sudden wind and rain, her body staggered, fell to the ground, and her whole body was soaked.

But she didn't have time to think about herself, and hurried to her feet, trying to close the door—the flames in the stove were in a tendency to be extinguished by the ravages of the storm.

There was rain leaking in the house, and the firewood piled up on the side had already been wet, and if the fire was extinguished, it would not be easy to start another one.

The wind chill of the children was heavier, and there was heavy rain tonight, and several houses in the small courtyard were a little broken, so this night was destined to be difficult.

She thought about boiling some ginger soup for the children to ward off the cold.

But the wind and rain outside the house were too great, and she tried her best for a long time, and every time she closed the door, before she could fasten the deadbolt, the strong wind blew the door open again.

She was so busy that she was sweating, and the veil covering the hideous scars on her face was also blown away by the strong wind at this time, and she disappeared.

But she didn't have time to care, and when she looked back, she found that the oil-paper umbrella placed in front of the stove had been blown away by the wind, and the rainwater pouring from the hole in the roof was constantly falling on the stove, dripping into the fire along the cracks.

She was in a hurry, and thought about going back to block the rain, but as soon as she let go of the door, the wind outside the house poured in, and her feet slipped, and she was about to fall to the ground.

At this moment, the hand that had been wet suddenly reached in from outside the house, and grabbed Sanniang, who was about to fall.

Sanniang was stunned for a moment and looked at the man.

But it is Zhang Xingzong, who is next to the Zhang family.

He walked into the house, closed the door, and took off his coat again, and then showed an apologetic smile to Sanniang: "I'm sorry, things are more troublesome than expected, so I came back late." ”

So saying, he hurried to the stove and held up his umbrella to block the dripping rain from it.

Sanniang shook her head, stepped forward, wiped off the water stains on the stove, and then took the porcelain bowl, and put the ginger soup that had almost been boiled out of the casserole bowl by bowl.

"It's been a hard girl these days, if it weren't for helping me take care of it, I really don't know what to do!" Zhang Xingzong looked at the wet woman and thanked him from the bottom of his heart.

Recently, there are so many people in the clan who have survived by luck, and they are arguing for the inheritance of the Zhang family, but Zhang Xingzong has no intention of the money, and just wants to find a way out for these children.

Today, the clan wants to discuss this matter again, Zhang Xingzong can't get out, only get rid of Sanniang to help, originally said that you can come back when you are united, but everyone in the clan has never been able to get a satisfactory result on the inheritance distribution plan, so they have been arguing until now.

"They are all children who are a few years old, they have no father and mother at such a young age, they look pitiful, I am just doing my best, Mr. Zhang does not have to be polite." Sanniang said with a smile, the ginger soup has been served, and she took the food box and put it in one after another.

"The girl has a kind heart." Zhang Xingzong sighed heartily when he heard this.

When the Zhang family had an accident, the streets and alleys of Wancheng were spreading rumors that the Zhang family had done too many evil things and was targeted by ghosts and gods.

In all fairness, Zhang Xingzong asked himself, probably can't do what Sanniang does.

"There's nothing kind about being kind, it's just that I've encountered difficulties and know the difficulties here, so when I see others like this, I can't help but want to help." Sanniang said with a smile while counting the ginger soup.

Sanniang said, covered the food box, turned her head to look at Zhang Xingzong, and said, "Let's go, give this ginger soup to the children to drink." ”

When Zhang Xingzong heard this, he stretched out his hand to stop Sanniang who was about to leave, Sanniang was stunned and looked at Zhang Xingzong with some doubts.

saw Zhang Xingzong take out a handkerchief from his arms and hand it over.

Sanniang was stunned for a moment, and the next moment, she reacted, and hurriedly reached out and touched her cheek, only to find that the veil that covered her face was blown away in the fierce wind and rain.

She was a little flustered and hurried

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He hurriedly took the handkerchief and put it on his face.

Zhang Xingzong looked at her like this, and wanted to ask what happened to her, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed them back.

Sanniang's eyebrows and eyes are Chu Chu moving, such as autumn water. Before the veil was removed, Zhang Xingzong once thought that under the veil would be a beautiful face.

Of course, this is also true.

The only difference was that there were two more scars on the glamorous face that ran through the entire cheek.

With such a face and such a scar, you can probably guess a few points if you think about it.

It's not necessarily right, but you can feel the real pain.

For ordinary people like them, they don't have the ability to shelter others from the wind and rain, and the greatest gentleness they can do is not to touch the scars that others don't want to mention.

……

The rain was still heavy.

Or rather, it's getting bigger.

The two of them held umbrellas through the small courtyard in the torrential rain and came to the front of the main house.

Pushing open the door, there were more than a dozen children sleeping on the floor, a few young and ignorant children, still playing, while the older ones sat aside, and were even startled when they heard the sound of the door being opened, and there was still a horror on their faces that had not dissipated.

The courtyard of the Zhang family was temporarily taken over by the county order because the case had not yet been solved, Zhang Xingzong went to ask a few times, and most of the replies were ambiguous, and the county order did not seem to have any intention of returning it in a short time.

Several clansmen are busy arguing over the ownership of the inheritance, and many of the Zhang family's properties are now idle, but no one wants to let people occupy them until the ownership is clear. Zhang Xingzong also took a lot of effort to recruit such a courtyard, but it was idle for too long and had not had time to repair it, and only the main house and a wing room on the side of the entire courtyard were still intact.

The place was left to the two women who survived, but were so devastated that they could barely take care of themselves, and the children could only huddle in this place.

"Come and drink some ginger soup, drink it and go to sleep, and you won't feel cold." Sanniang looked at the appearance of the children, a little distressed, but she still cheered up and said gently.

As he spoke, he squatted down, took out the ginger soup from the food box, and distributed it to the children.

"Mother!" At this time, a childish voice came.

Sanniang lowered her head, only to see a five-year-old girl really stretched out her hand to pull the corner of her clothes, looking at her pitifully.

"Yueyue." Sanniang had a smile on her face, took out the ginger soup from the food box and squatted down, reached out and scooped it up with a spoon, and fed it to her mouth.

The ginger soup is actually not delicious, and the taste is a little spicy, but the girl named Yueyue still frowned and drank it in one gulp.

"Mother, Yueyue obediently drank it, is it okay for you to stay tonight, Yueyue is afraid alone." She took Sanniang's hand and said with a bit of pleading.

The girl's name is Zhang Yue.

is Zhang Houren's biological daughter and Zhang Quan's own sister.

Probably frightened, for some reason since I met Sanniang, I have been treating her as my mother.

As she said this, her eyes were a little red, and there was something sparkling in her dark eyes.

"Yueyue, Sister Sanniang has something to do at night, don't pester her, there are brothers and sisters to accompany you at night......" Zhang Xingzong on the side tried to help Sanniang solve the siege.

After all, he has been tired a lot these days, and it is really not good to drag the other party down.

But how can a five-year-old child understand this, and when he heard this "wow", he cried, tears continued to drip down his cheeks, and his cheeks were flushed.

"I don't want my mother to go, I don't want my mother to go."

"I will be obedient, I will eat whatever my mother asks me to eat, mother, are you okay to stay......" The child's voice was immature, and he tried his best to keep Sanniang.

Sanniang's eyes were also a little red for a while, she reached out and touched Zhang Yue's head, and said in a low voice: "Okay, good, you are obedient, I will stay with you tonight." ”

The surrounding children also became happy when they heard this, and they all hugged the swallowed ginger soup, frowned and drank it in a few sips.

……

"I'm in trouble again, girl."

Zhang Xingzong looked at this scene with some helplessness, and said with a little apology.

Sanniang shook her head and said, "The rain is so heavy, it's inconvenient for me to go back, so I should take shelter from the rain." ”

Of course, Zhang Xingzong knew that this was the other party relieving himself, and he said again: "It'll be fine in a few days, me."

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My wife had promised to take the children back yesterday. ”

"She's a person, she actually has a very good heart, but she is suspicious of what the master did to us back then, and she came to see the children that day, and her heart softened......"

"But our small yard is too crowded, and these days she is looking for a suitable yard in the city, and we have saved some money over the years to buy a bigger one. She said that the children were frightened, and when they arrived at the new home, they could wash the old and welcome the new. ”

When Sanniang heard this, her face also showed joy, after all, she couldn't stay in Wancheng all the time, in fact, if it weren't for Zhang Quan's matter, she would have left here now and returned to Goshawk Village. Hearing that the children belonged to her, her hanging heart was let go of a lot.

"Mr. Zhang and Mrs. Zhang are both kind-hearted people, I am very relieved that the children can follow you, I helped Zhaozhao say it, when the time comes, the property that Mr. Zhang wants to sell, the Chu family will offer a high price." Sanniang said again.

In addition to those women, Zhang Xingzong is one of the few living collateral families, and he has the closest relationship with the main family, and it stands to reason that he can get enough property, but in order to let these children follow him, Zhang Xingzong gave up a lot of inheritance, only a few small courtyards and a pharmacy located next to the downtown area.

In the former, he can sell part of it as the cost of raising the children, and keep the remaining part, and when the children grow up, one person can be assigned to one place, and he can also rent it out before as a daily expense, as for the pharmacy, he is a little selfish, and wants to move his store there in the future, and the business will be better, so that he can make more money and give the children a better life.

"Thank you, Miss Sanniang, you really helped us a lot." Zhang Xingzong thanked him from the bottom of his heart.

Sanniang hurriedly said: "I'm just a gesture, if I want to thank you, I still have to thank Zhaozhao and Chu Gongzi for their kindness, when I heard about it, I didn't think about it, so I agreed." ”

"They're all good people, they're all good people." Zhang Xingzong sighed in a low voice.

The Zhang family and the Chu family have been fighting in Wancheng for most of their lives, and the Chu family was bullied after gaining power, but with the help of Chu Qingxiao, they quickly reined in, and after the Zhang family had an accident, it was also Chu Qingxiao who helped the Chu family not to take advantage of the situation to bully others, and all kinds of industries were waiting for the Zhang family's affairs to be dealt with properly, and then to negotiate the sale price.

It can't be said how good the Chu family is to the Zhang family, but at least, it's fair.

When the Zhang family is so embarrassed, it is rare to maintain this justice in this world.

He sighed.

"Not a good person." Sanniang smiled, looked up at the rain outside the window, and muttered.

"It's just that I used to be drenched in the rain, and when I was drenched, I thought that if someone could hold an umbrella for me at that time, no matter how heavy the rain was, I would be able to go out."

"It's a pity that I didn't wait after all."

"But now when I see people in the rain, I still can't bear it, and I don't have the ability to hold an umbrella for these children, so I just accompany them for a while."

Zhang Xingzong sighed with emotion when he heard this, and was about to say something.

Bang dang!

The door of the main house was suddenly blown open by a sudden wind outside, and the wind and rain poured in, and the candles in the house flickered, and the light and darkness were uncertain.

The children in the room were startled by the scene, and immediately let out a burst of screams, and some of the young ones even burst into tears.

Seeing this, Sanniang hurriedly hugged the children and comforted them in a low voice.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, uncle, go fix the door!" Zhang Xingzong also hurriedly spoke, lifted the oil-paper umbrella brought by Sanniang on the side, walked quickly to the door, grabbed the wooden door with one hand, and used the umbrella with the other hand to block the wind and rain pouring in outside the house, wanting to close the door.

But the wind was terrifying, Zhang Xingzong used all his strength, and he couldn't pull it up, but his body was blown a little unstable.

He was a little anxious, used his umbrella against the wind and rain, walked out of the door, and wanted to change his position and close the door.

But as soon as he walked out, he saw a figure standing under the rain curtain not far away, looking at him motionlessly.

"You are?" He looked at the other in surprise, and was about to say something.

Rumble!

Suddenly a thunderclap swept across the dome.

Heaven and earth were illuminated like daylight in an instant, and by that moment of light, Zhang Xingzong also saw the appearance of the comer.

Boom.

His face turned pale, accompanied by a soft thud.

The oil-paper umbrella brought by Sanniang fell to the ground......

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