"I don't know, I didn't ask." The boy's voice was low. He didn't ask, but Tong Pingping took the initiative to tell him about the general situation of the people who escaped.
Those who got the big belly disease all died in the end, and those who didn't get the disease also scattered. He and his father went to the neighboring county to seek refuge with relatives. With the help of their relatives, they were allocated three thatched houses in the village there. Every day, he and his father would get up before dawn and walk to the county dock to carry sacks.
His wife and ten-year-old daughter found work washing clothes in the county town. His eight-year-old son went to the mountains to collect firewood with the children of his relatives every day. His son cooked dinner for them. They barely made ends meet. As for the others, he didn't know where they were.
In short, the people of Tongjia Village didn't fare well after they fled, and there's no need to tell Xingxing such a sad story.
When Zhu Lin and the others were about to leave, Tong Pingping was still there. He kept looking at Xingxing and then grinned at her, which Xingxing found inexplicable.
Considering that he had told her about Xingxing's past, Zhu Lin did not make things difficult for him and even rewarded him with ten taels of silver. "Don't tell anyone else what happened in Tongjia Village. Don't mention the man in black or the little benefactor who saved you. Forget about it."
"I haven't mentioned it to anyone, don't worry, and I won't tell anyone in the future."
Tong Pingping did not refuse the ten taels of silver. His family was desperately short of money. With the money left by his father and the ten taels of silver that the young master had given him, he could build three new houses in the village and live a better life.
Watching the carriage disappear into the distance, Tong Pingping knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times in that direction. He was lucky. The first time he met his benefactor, she saved his family's lives. The second time he met her, he received ten taels of silver.
My little benefactor is truly a lucky star.
"You said you had a dream all night?" Zhu Lin affectionately stroked the little girl's hair bun. The Wangxian bun suited her perfectly, making her look both ethereal and adorable.
"Hmm," the little girl responded softly, resting her chin on her hand, and then began to recount, "It was such a long dream, but it felt like I hadn't finished dreaming yet when my second brother woke me up. I don't know if I can continue the dream tonight. Sigh, this is worrying."
The boy chuckled. "Don't worry, you'll remember when the time is right. You'll remember even without dreaming."
"I can't remember it even in my dreams. I know in my heart that the pretty and cute little girl in my dream is myself, but I feel detached, like I'm watching someone else's story. I don't feel involved, and I feel sad." Xingxing is quite knowledgeable now. She speaks eloquently and is becoming more and more like a little adult.
Then she stopped having dreams for the next two nights; the dream just wouldn't continue. Alas, she didn't know where the man in black had taken her after she came out of the mountains.
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