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Duan Jie glanced at the few mouthfuls of rice porridge left in the bowl, then looked at the child's eager eyes, handed it over, and asked, "What is your last name, where did you come from, and how did you get to my house?" ? Where is your family?"

The child swallowed a mouthful of saliva, trying not to look at the porridge bowl, and said: "My name is Sang Feng, I live in Qingyun Town, my parents have passed away." When he said this, the child's eyes dimmed.

It turned out to be a child without parents, no wonder it was so miserable, Duan Jie felt sorry for him. "Then after your parents are gone, what do you do for a living and where do you live? Why did you suddenly come to my house to steal food?" Sympathy is sympathy, and what should be asked should be asked clearly.

"Not long after my father and mother passed away, my uncle and aunt took over the house and shop they left behind. They also said that the shop and the house are the ancestral property left by my grandparents, but they have not been separated, so my parents run them. Now My parents are gone, so they will temporarily take over the shop and give me a [-]% bonus every year. My uncle and aunt took over the shop for two years, and they only said that they lost money, but never gave me a bonus. If I want to eat, I have to work every day. The day before yesterday, my aunt said that life at home was really difficult, so she wanted to sell me out. I heard that she wanted to sell me to that dirty place for more money. I always In a panic, I ran out of the town overnight. As a result, a group of beggars robbed me of my clothes and money on the road. I was cold and hungry, so I couldn't hold back, and secretly found a house without a dog..." The child said here, His face flushed.

Duan Jie frowned. What the kid said was very pitiful, but he didn't know if it was true or not. It would drive people out. In such a snowy day, without food and clothing, it would be driving people to death.But if this kid is telling lies, if he is a runaway slave or a habitual thief, if he is left alone, he will be leading the wolf into the house.Also, according to what he said, his uncle and aunt were not good people, and they took him in, and if they were bitten back and abducted a good family member later, there was really no place to sue for injustice.After thinking for a long time, Duan Jie finally said: "You can't live outside alone like this, how about you stay here for one night first, and I will find Li Zheng tomorrow morning and ask someone to take you back to Qingyun Town."

Sang Feng's face turned pale in a flash, sending him back to Qingyun Town was sending him back to the wolf's lair, he managed to escape, how could he go back.

"Brother, thank you for taking me in today. I'll leave early tomorrow morning." Sang Feng said with determination.

After hearing Sang Feng's refusal, Duan Jie didn't say much, but went to the kitchen to find some food and stuffed it into the child's hand.Doing good deeds also needs to be done within one's means. Now Duan Jie's situation is just barely enough to support himself and his son, and he really has no extra ability to help other people.He went to Lizheng and asked someone to take the child to the town. On the one hand, he wanted to see if what the child said was true or not, and on the other hand, he was worried that if there was something wrong with the child's identity, he could clarify himself. .

But if the kid doesn't want to go, then he doesn't need to be fussy, just give him some food and find some clothes for him, that's about it.Duan Jie's plan was quite good, but what he didn't expect was that the child named Sang Feng had a fever early the next morning.His forehead was burning hot, his face was flushed, and his whole body was so hot that he was unconscious. Duan Jie touched his body, it was dry, and he didn't sweat at all when he was so burned.

At this time, Duan Jie had no choice but to ask Aunt Fang to go to Li Zheng to explain the matter.Let Li Zheng help to come up with an idea on how to treat this child.After Aunt Fang went out, Duan Jie carried his son to cook porridge. Duan Jie wanted to feed the child some porridge water.The kid gritted his teeth.Can't even feed it.In the end, Duan Jie simply hugged the child in his arms, pried open his mouth with a spoon, and fed the porridge into the child's mouth bit by bit.

In a daze, Sang Feng felt a person behind him with the smell of milk, gently holding him in his arms, and then something hot was poured into his mouth.Sang Feng couldn't find any other feeling besides being uncomfortable, and his head was in a mess. At one moment, he felt that he was still at home, and at another moment, he felt that he was going to die. Hand called mother.

When Aunt Fang brought Lizheng over, she happened to see Duan Jie hugging Sang Feng, and Sang Feng lying in Duan Jie's arms calling for his mother.

"Cough cough." Lizheng coughed twice, Duan Jie hurriedly put down Sang Feng, and came to greet Lizheng.

Li was holding the sugar water brought by Duan Jie, took a sip, and said: "Today Zhuzi is going to town, I have already told him, let him inquire about this matter, by the way, ask if there is any crime. Don't worry , if anything happens, it will definitely not depend on you. But..." When he said this, Lizheng hesitated, "I am afraid that this person will stay with you temporarily. I know the situation in your house is not good. Well, it’s inconvenient, but it’s approaching the Chinese New Year, and no one in the village is willing to take in such an unknown patient. If you ignore him, this kid will have to wait outside..." The implication is naturally that Yu Shi doesn’t care , the child has to wait outside to die.

Duan Jie felt embarrassed for a moment, nodded and said: "Uncle, don't worry, I will take care of this child first. I was originally worried that this kid is a criminal, or a runaway slave, and it would be easy to take him in, so I was worried that the owner would find him and sue him. I am a fugitive slave in hiding. I just asked you to come here to be a witness. Since you have asked someone to inquire, I have nothing to say here, but this kid is sick, and the money for his medical treatment..." The last sentence, Duan Jie Looking helplessly at Lizheng, no matter what year it is, the expenses for seeing a doctor are not a small figure. The child is so sick, I'm afraid it will cost more.

Lizheng drank the sugar water in one gulp, smacked his lips and said, "Master Liang, you should pay for this kid's medical treatment first. When you find this kid's family, let them pay you back. If the family doesn't recognize this kid." As he said that, Lizheng looked at Sang Feng who was lying on the kang, "This kid doesn't look too young anyway, it just so happens that your family is short of people, so let him stay and work to pay off the debt."

There is really no way to do this, unless Duan Jie really has the heart to throw him out.That's right, just advance the money, Duan Jie touched the broken silver in his pocket with some heartache, "Aunt Fang, go and hire a doctor for this kid."

Aunt Fang looked at Duan Jie with some disapproval. From her point of view, what Li Zheng meant was to let Duan Jie take in the child first. As for seeing a doctor and taking medicine, there is no need to ask any doctor specially to find someone who is sick. People want some medicine dregs to come over, just boil it for a while.If the child's family really told him what he said, the money for the doctor and the money for the medicine would definitely not come back.It's true here, knowing that everyone in Liang is in this situation, but still throwing such a burden on him, alas! "Shier, I heard that someone in Fang Zhuzi's family at the east end of the village has a cold. If I go and ask for some medicine residue, I will not invite the doctor for now." Aunt Fang was definitely kind, but Duan Jie was stunned.

Can the medicine be taken casually, in case something happens.Duan Jie really wanted to say a few words to Aunt Fang, but he thought that the other party was also kind, so he swallowed the words for his sake, "It's okay, Aunt Fang, just go and get a doctor, anyway, if this kid's family doesn't return If you don’t want money, let him work here to pay off the debt, and I can’t lose money.”

Such a thin child, even if he works, what else can he do, that is, he has another mouth.Aunt Fang shook her head and went out. She just mentioned it kindly. Since Duan Jie disagreed, she wouldn't say anything more.

Not long after, Aunt Fang led the doctor over. Duan Jie saw that it was the same old doctor who came through at the beginning.He has also experienced the old man's medical skills, and it is really good.Seeing this old doctor, Duan Jie was relieved a lot.

At night, Li Zheng brought a thin middle-aged man to Duan Jie's house.At this time, Jie was cleaning Sang Feng's body. The child took medicine, and the temperature dropped a little. Unexpectedly, just after nightfall, it started to burn again. Seeing that the temperature was getting higher and higher, it would burn out again. Duan Jie So he decided to wipe his body to cool down.

"Master Liang, this is the kid's uncle." Li was laughing, introducing the skinny man to Duan Jie, Duan Jie only glanced sideways, and continued to wipe Sang Feng's body.

"Why is my nephew so sick!" Before Duan Jie could speak, the skinny man exclaimed.

Duan Jie didn't stop all day, taking care of children, taking care of patients, and paying money by the way, his heart was full of displeasure.When this person came, he didn't thank him, he yelled first, and Duan Jie became even more irritable.He was too lazy to be polite, threw the cloth towel in his hand, and stretched out his hand directly: "This is the best nephew of yours. He came to my house yesterday, stole food, broke many valuables in my house, and went to see a doctor today to grab medicine. A total of ten Two taels of silver, please pay it off.” Of course, the money doesn’t need to be so much, Duan Jie only spent one or two taels of silver on Sang Feng, and he opened his mouth like a lion because he thought that the skinny man was not a good thing. To talk about how my nephew became so ill is to say that I didn't take good care of him, so I made him like this.In order to prevent the other party from blackmailing him first, it is better to act first.

The skinny man was choked by Duan Jie's words, jumped up and said: "Ten taels of silver, what is so rare in your house, or what precious medicine did you give him!"

Duan Jie snorted, "It's not a rare thing, it's just a bottle that has been passed down from generation to generation in my family. My father said that this bottle is very valuable. When you are short of money, take it out and sell it for dozens of dollars." Both are fine, I don’t understand, so I don’t want more from you, just pay ten taels.” Speaking of which, Duan Jie’s family really has such a broken bottle, but this bottle was broken when he came here. Broken, this will just be used to defraud this person.