Zhang Xiaoying thought of the brother and sister. He had promised the little girl to go back. If he broke his promise, the little girl would think she had been abandoned again.
The rain was also much lighter at this time.
When they learned that Zhang Xiaoying was leaving, the villagers persuaded her to stay.
"Sister-in-law, it's raining and the road is slippery, and it's dark now. Why don't we leave until tomorrow?"
"Yes, traveling at night is dangerous, so it's better to go back at dawn."
"I will give my shed to the doctor, and the doctor can live there peacefully."
…
Zhang Xiaoying rejected their kindness.
"I still have a lot of things to do, so I can't delay for too long. Don't worry, it won't affect my journey even if it's dark. There won't be any danger." She did not forget to warn them, "But you, please be careful until the rain stops.
Some. Also, don’t drink raw water, especially from the river.”
Pei Zhaolin and Wang Jia also left with Zhang Xiaoying.
Although the villagers were reluctant to leave, they also knew that the entire Guangxing County was flooded and they had to look elsewhere to rescue people.
"What happened to the two villages where the landslide happened?" Wang Jia asked Zhang Xiaoying. His clothes had never been dry, and now he was gray and dusty. How could he still have the manners of a noble man?
"The village chief of Qingshan Village took the villagers away in advance. The village was buried, but everyone was fine. Two families in Caiyun Village were vindictive. One was unwilling to listen to the other's advice. They were buried alive in the middle of the night. Only a brother and sister were left alive.
Alive."
"Master, what you mean is that none of the other families in Caiyun Village have moved?"
"right!"
Both teenagers frowned.
"What is this going to do? No matter how great the hatred is, there is no need to be angry in the face of natural disasters? Oh, what are those elders thinking?" Wang Jia didn't know whether to be angry or regretful.
"Everyone is dead, so it's useless to say this. Maybe it's their fate." Pei Zhaolin said calmly, "Master, how about Ping'an Town?"
"We don't know yet. Let's go back to town first and see if the brother and sister are willing to go back to Ping'an Town with us. Can you still hold on?" Zhang Xiaoying asked.
"Okay." The two said in unison.
"That's good."
I don’t know when the imperial court will send people to provide disaster relief.
With the efforts of just a few of them, it would be a drop in the bucket to face such a natural disaster.
Those who survived have saved their lives, but the food that comes with it is also a problem, and the plague must be prevented. Everything is very important.
Just as Zhang Xiaoying expected, the brother and sister didn't come back when it got dark, and the little girl really thought that "wait for me to come back" meant they would never come back.
Although she didn't cry or fuss, she was in a very low mood. She had been hungry all day, but she didn't even eat a few mouthfuls of food.
As soon as Zhang Xiaoying arrived at the drug store, the shopkeeper's wife hurriedly got up and came to greet her, "Doctor, you are back. The little girl is thinking about you so much that she can't even eat. Oh, go and see her. She is not in good health to begin with. She is so hungry.
What should I do?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw the two young men behind Zhang Xiaoying and was stunned for a moment.
"Is this also the person the doctor rescued? What medicinal materials are needed?" She quickly came to her senses, "I'll prepare it right away."
"These two are my apprentices. I'm going to check on those two children first." Zhang Xiaoying briefly introduced them and walked into the cubicle.
As soon as Zhang Xiaoying spoke, the brother and sister heard it and looked eagerly at the curtain of the cubicle.
When Zhang Xiaoying opened the curtain and appeared in their sight, tears fell from both of them.
"Good boy, I'm back, don't cry!" Zhang Xiaoying got straight to the point, "Are there any relatives who can take you in? Or if you don't want to stay with your relatives, how about coming with me? My home is in Ping'an Town, and I have four
Granddaughter and two grandchildren.”
"I do!" My brother agreed without thinking. "As long as my mother-in-law can give me a bite to eat, I can do anything. I can also learn what I don't know. I just ask my mother-in-law to take us in."
"Okay, then come with me." Zhang Xiaoying touched their heads.
Pei Zhaolin and Wang Jia came in and felt bad when they saw the miserable brother and sister.
"Jiajia, you carry your brother, I will carry my sister, and Ah Lin will take the medicine box." Zhang Xiaoying handed the medicine box to Pei Zhaolin.
Pei Zhaolin originally wanted to say that he would carry the child, but when he saw how scared his sister looked, he said nothing.
"Doctor, are you leaving now?" The shopkeeper rushed over after hearing the news and asked eagerly, "You saved the people in the town, and they even let me see you and keep you here. I want to thank you very much!"
"I have to rush back to Ping'an Town. If floodwaters are released to Ping'an Town, there will be trouble in Ping'an Town. As for the rest, there is nothing to say thank you to. I just happened to pass by and said a word, which is nothing." Zhang Xiaoying said.
When the shopkeeper heard this, he no longer kept Zhang Xiaoying.
Indeed, there are disasters everywhere now, and she has good medical skills, so why would she stay in this place?
"Then let's eat first, right? You've been busy all day, I'm afraid you haven't even had enough water to drink." The shopkeeper finally left Zhang Xiaoying to eat.
Zhang Xiaoying was not hungry. When she was traveling alone, she would take dry food from the space to eat. Pei Zhaolin and Wang Jia, on the other hand, had been busy all day and probably didn't eat much.
"Do you want something to eat?" Zhang Xiaoying asked.
"No, let's go back first." Pei Zhaolin shook his head.
Wang Jia agreed, "We don't know what's going on in Ping'an Town yet. We should go back and find out earlier so we don't have to worry."
"Then let's go ahead. You two, take care of yourself." Zhang Xiaoying looked at the shopkeeper and his wife.
The shopkeeper said: "Okay, doctor, go slowly and be careful on the road."
Zhang Xiaoying borrowed a bamboo hat and coir raincoat from the shopkeeper, carried the little girl on her back, and left Shixi Town.
The little girl hadn't said a word since she saw Zhang Xiaoying, but when she was being carried by Zhang Xiaoying, she kept hugging Zhang Xiaoying tightly, as if this could help her gain some sense of security.
Zhang Xiaoying was so strangled by her that she could hardly breathe.
However, when she turned around and met the little girl's eyes, she couldn't say anything.
I became an orphan overnight. Facing the unknown future, apart from fear and uneasiness, how could I dare to have any hope?
"Mother-in-law, what should I do if my aunt and uncle come to pick us up?" Perhaps it took a long time for the little girl to muster up the courage to say this, "My uncle will beat my aunt after drinking, I'm afraid."
"What about aunt?" Zhang Xiaoying asked patiently, "Don't your aunt's in-laws like you?"
"No, dad asked us to promise last night not to go to my aunt's house no matter what."
For a biological father to say this before his death, he must know what his brother-in-law is like.
"Don't be afraid, as long as you are willing to stay with me, no one can take it away from you!" Zhang Xiaoying comforted them, "Mother-in-law is very powerful, no one can touch her, but you also have to be obedient here, you know?"
"Also, you have to learn skills from your mother-in-law, and you can't be lazy. As long as you have a mouthful of food from your mother-in-law, you won't be hungry."
It is much easier to start from a child than an adult like Wang Ren.
Zhang Xiaoying had some selfish motives for taking them in.
