"My great-grandfather said in his official letter," Meng Xuanlang choked up, "that no one is born to be abandoned, but when someone is abandoned for the greater good, as one who has not been abandoned and is favored by heaven, we must sympathize with and care for those who are not favored by heaven. This is the way of the world. Now I understand what he meant."
As the one who was not abandoned and was favored? Xie Jian closed his eyes. So, was he the one who came before or after?
"Your great-grandfather is right." Shen Heng agreed with this. Many things cannot be dealt with in every aspect, whether it is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster. When we are the lucky ones who are hit by natural disasters or man-made disasters, we should sympathize with and help those who are unfortunate.
Only in this way can the world we live in become better and better.
This is also the truth of the world that this old man said.
"Little Jizi, Little Jizi." A carriage came hurriedly. The driver was the groom of the Meng family. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Little Jizi was fine.
Chen Heng and Xie Jian rode the Meng family's service cart back to the city together, and also took a few of the tired civilians who had come out to help back to the city.
Xia had been anxious at home all day, but she didn't know where to find the two people. Seeing that they had returned safely, she breathed a sigh of relief: "I've boiled some water for you, Ah Heng, you can take a bath first."
Shen Heng was so tired that she didn't want to move at all. She nodded and said, "Thank you for troubling me, sister-in-law."
In the past, Shen Heng always enjoyed bathing immensely. This time, she washed as quickly as possible and fell asleep.
When Xie Jian came in, he saw that the person was fast asleep. Seeing that the bucket of water had not been emptied yet, he took out the small wooden bucket next to him and began to pour out the water bucket by bucket.
"Ajian, the hot water is boiling. You should take a shower and go to sleep quickly." Xia's voice came from the kitchen.
An incense stick of time later, Xie Jian got on the bed clean and refreshed. After thinking for a while, he searched in the small drawer that Shen Heng often used and found the small porcelain bottle that he used to wipe the marks on her neck last time.
After returning to the bed, he took Shen Heng's hand out of the quilt, looked at her slender and fair fingers that were red and swollen, opened the lid of the porcelain bottle, and applied the ointment little by little.
He and Shen Heng were not engaged, but he was with Shen Yan.
But just because his family fell into trouble, the Shen family began to betray them and didn't even show a hint of apology.
How is this any different from those who despise, exclude, and humiliate them?
So the eldest sister-in-law panicked. In the past, the relationship between the two families was like this. The Shen family was their last hope. They always wanted the Shen family to help them based on the past relationship between the two families. So the eldest sister-in-law had to force the Shen family to fulfill the marriage contract.
But he didn't expect the Shen family to push Shen Heng out.
This woman had been looking at him with disgust and contempt for two years, and he had even heard her cursing his family.
But now, she becomes so mean to him again.
Is he truly reborn, a new person, or is he just doing it out of necessity?
Xie Jian thought of what the woman had said a few months ago: 'I'm a few years older than you. You can treat me as your sister, and I'll treat you as your brother. When time passes, or when you find someone to spend the rest of your life with, we can get divorced. How about that?' He murmured, "It seems like she's making plans for herself."
Watching the ointment dry, Xie Jian put her hands into the quilt, looked at her face as she slept soundly, and said in a cold but firm voice: "Chen Heng, I now regard you as my family. If you want to be a family, we will be a family. If you want to be husband and wife, as long as you don't let me down, I will never let you down in this life."
Chen Heng slept until dawn. When she woke up, she felt like her legs were not her own. Every movement was too heavy. She reluctantly got up, put on her clothes, and quickly opened the door. She found that the snow was still falling, but it was much lighter, not as heavy as yesterday. She breathed a sigh of relief.
I hurried into the house and started to comb my hair, just making a simple bun. When I went out, I saw the bathtub was clean and placed in the corner. I smiled and said thank you so much, sister-in-law. It was the same last time. She was too busy to care about this.
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