She got up to open the door, only to see Luo Huai standing straight with yesterday's coat in his arms, his eyes a little red and swollen.

As soon as he saw her, Luo Huai handed the clothes to her arms and didn't say much.

Chengyun opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a while, but in the end, he sighed: "Brother Luo... Why do you want to be so nice to me? ”

Luo Huai just shook his head a little guiltily: "I'm sorry, I don't have the ability to repay your kindness, so I can only do these inconsequential little things." ”

Chengyun felt that the clothes in her arms seemed to be heavy, she didn't know how to express it, she just felt that all the words at the moment were hypocritical.

Putting away her coat, she walked out the door and walked side by side with Luo Sheng to the market.

When Chengyun was silent, he heard Luo Huai take the initiative to speak: "I'm a boring person, I do things at a glance, Brother Ji doesn't have to take what I do to heart, I just want peace of mind." ”

Chengyun smiled slightly and shook his head: "It's also my own business to be moved by what you did, Brother Luo doesn't have to be so humble." ”

After a moment, she asked, "Can you mend clothes?" ”

Luo Huai nodded: "Yes." ”

The answer was really brief, but it was only for a moment, and Chengyun's eyes were attracted by the dazzling array of gadgets around him.

On weekdays, she sees some jeweled things, and rarely sees such simple ornaments, and for a while, she was in a trance.

Eyes on the stall not far away, where a man and a woman, a young couple, were standing.

The man put an ordinary hairpin on the woman's head, and then the two of them looked at each other and smiled, their eyes full of love.

Is this plain happiness? Looking at the woman's outfit, Chengyun suddenly felt a little lost in his heart.

Do you have to live as a man for the rest of your life? This is obviously a false name, but it will become a shackle that will trap you for the rest of your life.

She lowered her head and sighed slightly: "These folk couples are really happy... Unlike me, I can only be trapped in the so-called cloud of wealth..."

Luo Huai's voice sounded in his ears: "In fact, these happiness are sometimes just illusions, and they are not necessarily cleaner than your family..."

His voice sank, and after a long time, he said slowly: "My aunt was killed by beasts, and that man was her husband, and when she died, she was still five months pregnant..."

Chengyun raised his head in surprise: "Is it the main wife?" How could this be! Then your family is not allowed to mess with them? ”

Luo Huai hooked the corners of his mouth a little helplessly, and smiled sarcastically: "The men at the bottom are like cows and horses, and women are not as good as cows and horses, my sister was pawned out by her husband to give birth to a child for the official after marriage, and died of blood, and her husband bought a crazy girl with the money from selling her..."

Chengyun has always known how humiliating the women of the family are, and knows the feeling of being like a pet, but now when he hears the situation of the people, he suddenly realizes that sometimes, even the restraint has a sweet taste.

For a while, she didn't know what to say, but nodded sneeringly: "That's the case... You are from Jiangnan, and you look bookish, I always thought you were from a scholarly family..."

Luo Huai nodded indifferently: "It used to be counted." My father was a scholar and had a few acres of thin fields on his ancestors; My grandfather was a local magistrate, and he was still prosperous. It was only later that my father was executed for killing someone, and my grandfather also died because he was framed and wrongfully imprisoned. I was only six years old when my parents died..."

Chengyun lowered his head and sighed: "Do you have brothers and sisters?" ”

Luo Huai shook his head: "My father is a very good person, he thinks that it is not easy for a woman to have a child, just one is enough." My family is thin, only my aunt and uncle, and my uncle left early, leaving behind a daughter. ”

When Chengyun heard this, his eyes couldn't help but widen: "Then you have no source of livelihood, how can you live?" ”

Luo Huai has always been expressionless, but at this moment, his eyes turned red, and even his voice trembled a little: "Our two children are young, only the eldest sister and aunt are older, my sister has always been with us, and my aunt got some money for marrying that beast." I was too young to stop... But later... Later, when I was twelve, my sister was for us... Dead..."

Speaking of which, he leaned against the tree by the side of the road, looked at the sky, and a tear slipped from the corner of his eye. Perhaps because of his sadness, his shoulders were shaking.

Chengyun hurriedly said guiltily: "It's all my fault, for making you think of this..."

Luo Huai wiped his eyes and smiled calmly: "It's okay, I want to say this to someone, thank you for giving me this opportunity." In any case, we are much better now, I have been studying and taking care of the household when I was a child, and by the age of eleven or twelve I can transcribe documents for others, and after passing the township examination a few years ago, I can teach my children, just like my father did back then. It's even better now, if I win the lift, I can bring my sister and mother-in-law to the capital! ”

As he said these words, his expression became very vivid, and it was not at all as dull as usual.

She barely smiled a little: "yes, life will be much better..."

After a while, Luo Huai suddenly bowed solemnly: "I am fortunate to have you last time, if you hadn't given me that money, my sick sister would probably be..."

Chengyun hurriedly helped him up, and there was a little joy in his tone: "It's good that the child is fine, it's really good!" ”

Luo Huai persistently finished saluting before he was willing to get up, but he still thanked again and again: "You are really our savior, when my sister comes, I will definitely bring her to the door to thank you!" ”

Chengyun hurriedly waved her hand, wanting to say that this was just a trivial matter, but then she felt that such a thing was naturally very heavy for ordinary people, in order not to make Luo Huai feel uncomfortable, she just smiled: "When the time comes, you take your family over, and we will get together together!" I'm bored alone in Beijing, so let's be a companion. ”

Luo Huai opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.

After a while, Chengyun opened his mouth first: "You are really a good brother!" ”

A trace of guilt suddenly flashed in Luo Huai's eyes: "I did very badly, there are many people I want to save but I haven't been able to save them, I'm very incompetent..."

Seeing that he looked depressed, Chengyun patted him on the shoulder, and then raised his hand to point to the shop in front of him: "The place is here, let's go in and have a look!" ”