"Wife, the child has a fever and is burning hot. What should we do?"
When Sun Zhenzhu heard that the child had a fever, she hurriedly handed the child in her arms to Chen San as if it was a conditioned reflex. She then picked up the child from the ground and checked him up and down.
"Boss, let's get out of here! No one in Yezhou cares about our lives, how about we head south?"
Chen San also agreed. He buried the old woman hastily, went back to pack up his things, and headed south with his wife and children overnight.
On the way, they met a kind doctor who gave them some herbs, which helped the child's fever go down. Unexpectedly, due to the untimely treatment, the child became a little stupid. But Sun Zhenzhu did not despise him. This made her think of her own son and loved him even more.
When they arrived in Yunzhou, they didn't expect that there were bandits here. In a panic, Chen San hid his wife and children in a dry well and buried them with weeds. He picked up a hoe and went with everyone to drive away the bandits.
The struggle ended only when the government intervened one day later. The ground was littered with corpses and blood. The villagers and refugees fought desperately to drive away the bandits and protect the village. Even the government couldn't stand it anymore and stepped in to help.
Chen San fell to the ground, his body covered with knife wounds, his face was also scratched, and his flesh was turned inside out. He was still breathing and holding onto the person who was fighting with him.
"Brother, brother! My wife and children are in the dry well behind. Please, please help me! Help me get them out..."
After he finished speaking, he also passed away. He was slashed in the vitals by the bandits and died from excessive blood loss.
The person he entrusted his life to happened to be the eldest son of the village head. Lin Zhongwen respected him as a man and took people to look for the ancient well everywhere, and finally rescued them in time.
The village head felt sorry for the mother and son, so he took them back to Linjia Village and gave them an old, uninhabited house.
Sun Zhenzhu was heartbroken and vowed never to remarry and to raise the two children as her own sons.
The village head took her to apply for settlement, but the information on the pass did not match, so the two children could not be processed.
The head of the village was a little puzzled and pulled her outside to ask. Sun Zhenzhu then told him what happened and showed him Chen Li's jade pendant.
He frowned and said, "This is the word Chen. The two children's surname is Chen? Do you know their original names?"
Sun Zhenzhu shook her head and said, "I called the older one Li'er after I found it. I didn't take the younger one because I was still young and ignorant."
"Well, let's put it this way. The older one will be called Shen Li first, and the younger one..." He turned around and looked around. He happened to see the chief clerk writing, so he said, "Let's call the younger one Shen Mo! You and the two children will live separately, but they will still be yours to raise. I will help you keep the secret in the future, and no one in the village will know about it. Don't worry!"
Sun Zhenzhu was still a little worried. "Village head, what if they find out about this after they split up in the future? I'm afraid they won't be close to me..."
"Let's talk about it in a few years. Let's do it this way for now. I heard that the higher-ups will change the policy in the future, and settling down will become more and more difficult. Let's do it now!"
"Okay, I'll listen to you!"
In this way, they officially settled down in Linjia Village.
In order to cure Shen Li's illness, Sun Zhenzhu pawned her jade earrings and the small gold locket she found on Shen Mo, and went to the county pharmacy for acupuncture every day with her two children on her back.
At that time, Lin Wan's father would often pass by their house when he went up the mountain to collect herbs. The two children would often sit in front of the door and play. They were handsome and cute, and anyone who saw them could not help but like them.
Lin Jingshan was the same, especially after he knew that Chen Li had a fever that damaged his brain, he felt even more pity for him. He often picked some calamus and polygala and gave them to Sun Zhenzhu, asking him to cook broth for the child.
Sun Zhenzhu also heard that he could treat some illnesses, so she made soup for Shen Li as he said. Gradually, while acupuncture was being given and drinking the soup, there was indeed some effect, but he also forgot everything about the past, and only remembered Sun Zhenzhu who took care of him.
She didn't care that much about Shen Mo, and this situation became more and more serious after she sent Shen Li to school. She gave all her love to Shen Li, who was like a son, and attributed all the unhappiness in life to Shen Mo, so Shen Mo was more sensible than other children at a young age, and Shen Li always protected his younger brother.
After Shen Li had studied for two years, she went to the head of the village again and asked him to help testify at the county government office and transfer the ownership of Shen Li and Shen Mo to her name.
After listening to her embellished story, Shen Yu'an burst into tears, patted Shen Li's shoulder and said: "Yu'er, you have suffered! It's your grandfather's fault that he didn't find you at that time! Child, it's good to come back! It's good to come back!"
Shen Li also thought about the rough experience he had at that time. If he and Shen Mo had not been discovered by Sun Zhenzhu and the others, they might not have survived.
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