Zhang Pingshan was shocked and hurriedly stopped her, "Sister, what are you doing?"

The girl shed tears and said: "Brother, you saved me, I have nothing to repay you, so let me serve you."

Zhang Pingshan blushed with embarrassment, and kept saying, "Sister, don't you dare, fasten it quickly!"

With Zhang Pingshan's persuasion, the girl finally stopped what she was doing.

Zhang Pingshan finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Sister, you scared me to death."

The girl's tears flowed down again, and she said, "Brother, you are really a good person. Thank you."

Zhang Pingshan felt that the atmosphere was a bit depressing, so he quickly asked with a smile: "Sister, what's your name?"

The girl said embarrassedly: "Brother, my name is Han Cuiping."

Zhang Pingshan continued, "Sister Cuiping, don't be sad. Things have already come to this. You should stay here for now and we will find a solution later."

Han Cuiping nodded: "Brother, this time thanks to you, otherwise, I would not be alive, I will never forget your kindness."

Zhang Pingshan waved his hand and said with a smile: "Hey, sister, don't be polite. If you have any problems in the future, just come to me. My words are still very useful."

Han Cuiping glanced at the handsome young man and a blush appeared on her face.

With the help of Zhang Pingshan, Han Cuiping was assigned a slightly better place to live.

Her job was to follow the two old women in preparing food for the kiln workers so that she wouldn't have to go down to the kiln to work.

Everyone at the mine said Cuiping was Zhang Pingshan's young wife, so no one dared to take advantage of her.

Gradually, color appeared on Han Cuiping's face, and her body began to recover.

A year later, Han Cuiping had completely changed. She even had more flesh on her face and exuded a feminine and gentle beauty.

Ever since she started helping with cooking, she always tried her best to secretly bring good food to Zhang Pingshan. Sometimes she even didn't want to eat her own food and left it for Zhang Pingshan.

She often came to help Zhang Pingshan wash clothes and clean the house whenever she had nothing to do, just like his wife.

The appearance of Cuiping immediately changed Zhang Pingshan's life, and he suddenly felt that his life had a purpose.

Every time after he was tired, Cuiping would chat with him and help him wash clothes, which made him feel warm inside.

Two years passed like this, and the two gradually fell in love with each other and had the idea of spending their lives together.

However, since Cuiping was brought here by her boss to pay off his debts, he had to earn enough money to redeem her before he could marry her.

So Zhang Pingshan started working desperately, hoping to earn more money to redeem Cuiping.

Cuiping saw it and felt pain in her heart. She knew that Brother Pingshan worked so hard for her.

Therefore, she was more gentle to Zhang Pingshan and comforted him with her caring care.

Just when Zhang Pingshan was about to earn enough ransom to redeem her, disaster struck.

That day everyone was busy as usual, when suddenly a group of ferocious bandits rushed in from outside the door.

They killed anyone they saw, causing everyone to flee in all directions. Even the owner of the coal mine was shot dead.

As luck would have it, Cuiping just came out of the kitchen and ran into the bandits.

When the bandits saw this, they were shocked that there was such a beautiful woman here.

So the bandits rushed over and captured Cuiping.

Cuiping cried loudly. Zhang Pingshan heard the sound and ran out desperately, trying to save Cuiping.

The bandits would not allow him to do anything, so they shot Zhang Pingshan in the stomach, and Zhang Pingshan fell to the ground.

After Zhang Pingshan fell to the ground, he lost consciousness. He heard about what happened next from the survivors.

It is said that when Cuiping saw Zhang Pingshan falling to the ground, she struggled madly to break free from the clutches of the bandits and rushed to Zhang Pingshan.

But Zhang Pingshan was already dead, and no matter how Cuiping called out to him, he didn't respond.

Cuiping burst into tears, her heart breaking and she couldn't stop crying. At this time, the bandits were planning to come and catch her again.

Cuiping gritted her teeth and prepared to fight the bandits to the death, but the bandits laughed and teased her like a toy.

Cuiping's small body burst out with huge energy, like an angry lion, flapping around.

The bandits dodged around with grins on their faces, laughing at the joke.

Just when Cuiping was about to fight another bandit, she was shot in the calf and fell directly to the ground.

The bandits took her away without any explanation.

After the bandits left, those who were hiding came out and rushed to check on Zhang Pingshan's injuries.

Fortunately, Zhang Pingshan was not killed and no vital injuries were sustained, so he survived.

But Cuiping had been captured by bandits and has been missing since then.

Zhang Pingshan was heartbroken and blamed himself. He felt that not saving Cuiping was his biggest regret in life.

The coal mine was gone, and Zhang Pingshan was heartbroken. He no longer had the energy to work in the coal mine.

Dragging his injured body, he had to return to his hometown.

From then on, whenever Zhang Pingshan thought of Cuiping, his eyes would be filled with tears and he couldn't help himself.

He didn't know where Cuiping had been taken or whether she was still alive.

His heart was broken as he watched his beloved suffer such a disaster.

So, with a lifetime of guilt, he chose to live alone in his hometown and never married.

Although he is now 65 years old, in his heart, Cuiping's disappearance seems to have happened just yesterday.

Therefore, in his eyes, that coal mine was his sad place, and he didn't want to have anything to do with the coal mine again in his life.

After listening to Zhang Pingshan's story, several people couldn't help but sigh.

It turns out that this strange old man also has a story. No wonder he looks so bitter and resentful all day long.

Zhou Bin couldn't help but think of Grandma Liu. Why are there so many such pitiful old people?

Thinking of this, Zhou Bin comforted him, "Uncle Zhang, so much time has passed, don't be sad anymore. Aunt Han would also be sad if she knew you were like this."

Xiujuan's eyes were red. She didn't expect that this old man was such a devoted person.

She consoled him, "Uncle Zhang, my brother Bin is right. We have to look forward. If you keep on like this, if Aunt Han comes back to look for you one day, she will be so sad when she sees you like this!"

Zhang Pingshan's eyes sparkled: "Do you think she will come back?"

Xiujuan said quickly: "You never know. Maybe one day when you wake up, she will be back."

Ah Niu replied: "Yes, it's hard to say!"

Zhang Pingshan's heart was like a ripple suddenly appearing in a deep pool thousands of years ago. For decades, he had never told anyone the secret in his heart.

Today, these young boys actually made him make an exception and tell them the secret that had been buried in his heart for decades. He actually felt much better.

Zhou Bin took the opportunity to laugh and said, "They are right. You have to take good care of yourself. If Aunt Han comes back and you are not here, it will be bad."

Zhang Pingshan was immediately struck by what he was thinking, and he fell silent.

Zhou Bin smiled in his heart, this old man might have a chance!