Chapter 1352: Preparing to Leave Beijing 7
No one dislikes a child who knows gratitude and seeks to repay it, especially the elderly like Hong Zhanjun.
He had merely lent his house to Feng Qingxue to recuperate after childbirth, yet over the years, he really received a lot. He could count on annual deliveries of grain, clothing, and money from Feng Qingxue, and even during her trip to the Capital, she didn’t forget to visit him. He was truly content.
"An old man like me can’t wear, use, or eat so much," Hong Zhanjun began to speak, not forgetting to mention that he had used the sent items to help others. After all, he was offering on someone else’s behalf, and he had to make it known that it was Feng Qingxue’s good deed, "I’m getting old, my memory isn’t good, and I always forget to tell you something. Now that I’ve seen you, while I still remember, I better say it quickly."
Feng Qingxue asked what it was, and Hong Zhanjun said, "There’s a young girl who went to the mountains and the countryside and was assigned to your hometown. Her name is Zhou Zhou, a pitiful child. Please ask the elders and fellow villagers to take care of her."
"Zhou Zhou?" The little girl who was always in tears? Guan Yu’s eyes widened in surprise.
"Yes, her name is Zhou Zhou. She will be sixteen after the New Year," he said, sighing with compassion. "Poor child, her father didn’t care for her, her mother didn’t love her, and she relied solely on her grandmother to raise her. Her grandmother was a woman with bound feet from the old society, widowed early, and though she has a flock of sons and daughters, where there are more people, there’s more gossip. If those sons and daughters-in-law get unhappy, they won’t feed her, and raising Zhou Zhou has been tough. When I have food to eat, I always save some for the two of them. I also taught the girl a few moves to strengthen her body so she wouldn’t get bullied, and thankfully, it allowed the child to grow up without illness or disaster."