Tranquility

When Tangning woke up from the nightmare, it was still pitch black outside, and everything was silent, except for the sound of her brothers' breathing.

Stomach pain came in wave after wave. Tangning turned over, thinking about what Qiuqiu was doing now, whether she couldn't find food, or whether she found food but was snatched away by other animals. How could the girl beat those wild guys? Could it have been eaten?

Tangning didn't dare to think about it anymore. He hadn't had a good night's sleep in the past two months and was always thinking about Qiuqiu.Unable to fall asleep, Tangning got out of bed lightly. The two elder brothers knew that Tangning had been getting up very early recently, and vaguely felt that there was no one around, so they didn't care and continued to sleep.

That day, Tangning carried Sister Cheng home all the way, and immediately asked someone to chase after Mr. Cheng who was on the way, telling him to come back quickly.It was almost noon when Mr. Cheng arrived home. When he heard what had happened, he burst into flames and cursed: "You son, An, dare to bully my daughter!"

After cursing this sentence, he fell silent, and sent Tangning to the town to find Dr. Lu, and he spent the whole afternoon in the study.

It was just dark when Dr. Lu arrived, and Sister Cheng was so frightened that she fell into a coma for a day.Dr. Lu got his pulse and seriously warned Mr. Cheng, saying that if such ups and downs happened a few more times, it would be difficult for Cheng's sister to live past 20 years old.

Even with such mental preparations, Tangning still felt tense. She swore to herself that she would never let Sister Cheng have any accidents again. At the same time, she became even more resentful towards Zhang Youcai. A good person like Sister Cheng already had a hard life. By twists and turns.

Tangning was like this, and my husband was even more like that. He used to treat Sister Cheng as his sweetheart, and now he always holds her in his hands.

That night, Tangning helped Dr. Lu with her business, squeezed in with Dr. Lu, and slept at Cheng's house.

The next day, someone from Zhang's family made trouble at Mr.'s house, which was expected, but to Tangning's surprise, it was not Zhang's men who made trouble at his house, but Zhang Youcai's grandma and old lady.

The two mother-in-law and daughter-in-law led a group of servants and directly ran into the gate of Cheng's house. A group of people rampaged, searching inside and outside. The Cheng family's dog bit the Zhang family's baby egg.This is a remarkable thing. One must know that Zhang Youcai is a well-known untouchable in the county. He has never broken his oily skin since he was a child. Now that he was bitten by the Cheng family's dog, the Zhang family has to turn the Cheng family upside down. go.The poor Cheng family was in a disaster. Everyone in the village knew, don't mess with the watchdog, you deserve to be bitten if you mess with it.

Facts have proved that the Cheng family was not overthrown. Although Tangning was caught, she was soon rescued by Dr. Lu with a handful of silver needles.But the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were dragged back by the Zhang family.The manager of the Zhang family also sent a letter to Cheng Xiucai, saying that it was the old lady who said that as long as Tang Ning went over to pay a present and hand over the dog, the Zhang family would not make things difficult for him. A second room or something.The manager had an arrogant attitude. In his opinion (and many people also saw it), this was the kindness of the Zhang family, but Cheng Xiucai didn't dump him, and directly kicked him out.

Within a few days, there were rumors around that Zhang Youcai was bitten by the Cheng family's dog because the Cheng family's daughter seduced him and let him in.

Tangning was furious when she heard the rumors. It was definitely from the Zhang family. It was extremely shameless.Tangning was about to hit the door, but was stopped by the sullen gentleman, "What's your relationship with Yu'er? Why do you stand up for Yu'er? Do you want to make her reputation worse?"

Tangning stopped, and then blurted out, "I want to marry her!"

Mr. Cheng stared at Tang Ning, his deep eyes were full of gloom, "Why did you marry her because you pity her? No one wanted her, so you reluctantly accepted her? Why did you marry her? You can afford her." Is it? The medicine money she takes in a year can equal the money you earn in ten years. "

Tangning did not flinch, and looked at Mr. Cheng, "I have never felt sorry for my sister, I only admire her. I will marry her no matter whether she is wanted or not. I will work hard to make money, treat her illness, and I will Follow Uncle Lu to study medicine and pharmacy, there is no unparalleled road, and my sister will always get better. Even if she doesn't get better, I will accompany her to the end."

Mr. Cheng pressed on step by step, "She is three years older than you, do you have feelings for her?"

Tangning was stunned. Age didn't matter, he was more than ten years older than her.It is undeniable that he likes sister Cheng, but is this kind of like love?Tang Ning didn't know, he had never been in a relationship before, and his girlfriend in his previous life was also pursued by him and they got together naturally.But he was sure that his treatment of Sister Cheng was different from that of his girlfriend in his previous life. He was more indifferent to his girlfriend in his previous life, as plain as water.But for Sister Cheng, his feelings are strong, warm, happy, and sour.All he knew was that he would treat Sister Cheng the same way his father treated his mother, never leave her, and cherish each other.

Seeing Tangning's dazed expression, Mr. Cheng felt a little disappointed.

Tangning was caught by her husband's gaze, and she immediately said firmly, "I don't know what love between a man and a woman is, but I do know that I don't want to see her in pain and sadness. I will protect her with all my strength, never leave her, let her Do what you want to do and live happily every day.”

Mr. Cheng looked into his eyes, which were full of sincerity and pleading at the moment.Maybe he was overthinking, how could a ten-year-old child understand the relationship between a man and a woman, now that he can say this, sincerity is enough, that's all, it's not urgent.

In the next month, the husband first bought a girl and a woman to take care of sister Cheng's basic necessities of life; then he tore down the fence and built a brick wall.

However, Tangning was in a hurry. Didn't Mr.'s actions confirm the rumors? He tried to persuade her a few times, but Mr. stopped him.

As the rumors intensified, Tangning could no longer visit her husband's house. The school was closed, and her husband and Sister Cheng closed their doors and ignored everything.

The only thing that Tangning was lucky about was that Sister Cheng was very appreciative of this, and she persuaded Tangning instead, "Other people want fame just to marry well. I can't get married with my body, so it doesn't matter if I have almost a reputation."

Just as Tangning was suffering, a news spread throughout Cangping County and quickly spread to every village.

Zhang Dehuai, the uncle Zhang Youcai talked about all day, was transferred to Yunguan as the county magistrate.

What is Yunguan, the common people do not know, the far north of Dazhao, the most remote border, the furthest place that the exiled army can reach when they are convicted.Although there have been no wars at the border in recent years, and some traffic arteries have large-scale mutual markets, Yunguan is not a traffic arteries, as you can tell from the name, it is definitely a place where no bird can fly.

From Jiangnan to Yunguan, although they are all county magistrates, the difference is huge. Even Zhang Erniu's stupid son doesn't believe that there is no reason.Although the peasants were illiterate, they were not stupid. How could it be such a coincidence that Zhang Dehuai had an accident when he had a falling out with the Cheng family, and he heard that he was going to be promoted during the Chinese New Year?

The rumors about Sister Cheng disappeared, but the history of the Cheng family slowly began to spread.In fact, it has only been more than ten years since Cheng's family moved to Lijia Village. Anyone who is a little older in the village remembers that when his family moved here, he bought this yard with a large sum of money and took a carriage. Madam Cheng's temperament is like a thousand dollars. Miss, looking at Cheng Xiucai's demeanor, he looks like a son of a family.

The imagination of the people in the village should not be underestimated. Soon a young man fell in love with his daughter secretly, but the parents did not allow him to elope to the village.

When Tangning heard the rumors, she didn't get angry or dumbfounded. He actually believed it.Otherwise, how to explain Zhang Dehuai's loss of power, how to explain that Mr. Zhang has different insights from ordinary people.Tang Ning had already guessed in her heart that there must be a backer behind the husband. As for why he lived in seclusion in the mountains, he couldn't guess for sure.

No matter who the husband is, in Tangning's eyes, the husband is the husband, the mentor he respects and looks up to, and the father-in-law he will retire to (someone thinks).Anyway, the Zhang family has stopped, the rumors are gone, and the world is quiet, it stands to reason that Tangning should feel relieved.

However, he still has one thing on his mind, which is Qiuqiu.He reckoned it would catch the ball back, and it should be fine to keep it in the backyard and not go out.

So, every morning and evening when he climbed the mountain, he would take a few more laps by the way and walk into the mountain, hoping that Qiuqiu could smell his scent and find him.But more than ten days passed, and Qiuqiu still disappeared.Tangning became uneasy. Will something happen to Qiuqiu?Gradually, Tangning stopped drawing sunrise and sunset. He wandered around the mountains every day, taking a piece of meat and waiting at the place where Qiuqiu left. Whether it was smelling the smell of meat or him, Qiuqiu should Maybe I can find it, Tangning always looked forward to it, but was disappointed every time.

Tangning washed her face and went up the mountain with the bookcase on her back. The sky was turning white. Tangning was a little desperate to see if that figure was still there. Sister Cheng asked her many times, but Tang Yun could only drag her. In order not to arouse her suspicion, Tangning had to go to class as usual, eat and laugh as usual, and now he felt that he was going to be unable to hold on.

After a long day, Tangning carried the bookcase on her back as usual, and went to the place where Qiuqiu left with the meat as usual, but there was still nothing, she should have thought of it earlier.Tangning continued to walk towards the mountain in the direction that Qiuqiu left. This was the last time. He said to himself, the farther he walked, the further he went, there was a deep mountain with large animals inside, which was very dangerous. Tangning hesitated, but Very unwilling, the last time, no matter what, I have to find enough books.

He took a step forward, raised his head suddenly, and listened carefully. He seemed to hear the cry of the ball. Could it be an auditory hallucination?Tangning paused for a moment and calmed down. In the silent mountain forest, there were faint howls coming from a distance.