"It's true that my father is a thief, but he took my mother to settle down here just because he washed his hands in a golden basin. If my mother hadn't been seriously ill and needed a lot of money to see a doctor, he wouldn't have done it again.
The thing is, these women are jealous of my mother’s beauty and always throw dirty water on her, slandering her for seducing other men, so my mother will be so angry that she vomits blood.”
"She can't convince others even if she says it, and others don't believe her even if she says it. How else can she prove it except to die?"
New Year answered, her voice was faint, she was talking about the past, her nose was red, but there were no tears in her eyes. She had been lying for so long, and she could no longer cry sincerely.
"These people! They hurt people with their mouths. They killed my parents and your parents. How can they have the nerve to talk about others behind their backs? Let's just leave, and they will be even more proud behind their backs!"
"There are too many of these people. We can't even kill them for revenge. There is no need. My mother, they are just too stupid to get us involved for them!"
"I know how to make these people feel worse than death. These people who are so poor that they don't have enough food to eat and their families are in ruins just don't want to see others living better and more harmoniously than they do!"
"I won't leave! I'm going to stay here and let them watch. I'll make them mad and stun them to death! Let them see how happy their life is with the little hooligan and little vixen they talk about!"
New Year suddenly stood up and continued walking forward in a swaggering manner, looking like a landowner inspecting his fields.
Da Zhuang sighed quietly, wiped his eyes, stood up and followed.
After turning the corner, the old well ahead was getting closer and closer. From a distance, we could see many people standing or sitting under the big stone beside the well platform.
Da Zhuang subconsciously tensed up. Seeing the New Year in front of him still looking straight ahead and swaggering, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. When will he be able to treat these people and things like New Year, with disdain and as if
Haven’t seen it yet.
He thought he would never be able to do it, so he wanted to leave here.
He envied the New Year, but he also felt sorry for her. How high a wall must be built in the heart of an eight-year-old girl to block these things?
Although his whole body was tense, Da Zhuang still stood on the left side of New Year, blocking her tightly as he did every time he went home.
The two of them were close to the well, and those people had already seen them, but they didn't seem to see them.
But when they passed by, they started muttering and pointing.
Da Zhuang kept walking, trying to ignore the comments, but he couldn't help but hear them.
"The little gangster and the little vixen are back so early today?"
"Who knows what they do outside all day long! That little vixen, who looks like her mother and has very seductive eyes, seduces this little gangster at a young age and follows her around like a dog all day long.
She looks like a prostitute, and she can't possibly seduce any rich young master out there!"
"That's right, I saw that little vixen come back with two roast chickens yesterday! There are also snacks from the Huiji family in the south of the city. I heard someone said that any package costs one or two silver dollars. She
She carried two bags! Where did this little vixen get so much money? She must have been accompanying some uncle, and they rewarded her!"
"If you don't learn well at such a young age, your hair has not even grown yet! You just want to serve others, why don't you just go into the fence? You are still living here, ruining the reputation of our Sanlifang!"
"Hey tell me, this little gangster wants to marry this little vixen, right? He follows his wife out to accompany guests all day long. He is so cowardly, just like his alcoholic father!"
"..."
Da Zhuang clenched his fists and his whole body was shaking. He wanted to rush back to refute those people and smash their annoying mouths.
New Year stretched out his hand to hold him, without stopping or looking back.
"Two roasted chickens and two packs of snacks have made them so jealous. Don't mention it, Huiji's snacks are really delicious. Let's buy five packs and take them home to eat slowly tomorrow!"
Da Zhuang was pulled forward by her. After listening to these words, he couldn't help but said: "With this money, why don't we change places to live a better life?"
"No!" New Year didn't even think about it.
After walking through the long street, they stopped at the very end.
I saw that the two small courtyards next to each other were dilapidated, the walls were covered with moss, the paint on the doors was peeling off, and they were still a little shaky.
New Year took out the key and unlocked the door. When he pushed the door open, it made a creaking sound as if it was about to collapse.
After entering the door, the yard was overgrown with weeds, and several houses were dilapidated. Only half of the main rooms were left, and the collapsed beams showed signs of being devoured by fire.
New Year's Day went straight into a reasonably livable house on the right, took out the snacks left over from yesterday, sat down on the moss-covered steps, and invited Da Zhuang to come over and eat with him.
"We won't go out to work today. We will buy a set of things tomorrow and go to Qingwa Street to go out to work! There are many people in Qingwa Street. If we can get a job during the Chinese New Year, we will
One person needs to buy a new set of clothes, silk!"
In the courtyard of the building next door that also had signs of being burned by fire and was even more dilapidated and had nowhere to stay, Aling was leaning against the wall and could clearly hear the two people talking.
Thinking about what he heard along the way, Al-Ling blinked, and without knowing what he thought of, he jumped out of the yard and landed on Waitoufang Street.
She walked back and saw a house with the door open and a woman picking beans in the yard.
She raised her hand to knock on the door, "Auntie, may I ask you something?"
When the woman heard the sound, she looked up and saw a girl standing outside wearing beautiful clothes. The material was similar to what the rich lady she saw on the street once wore. She thought that this was a rich man.
Why would a rich person come to Sanlifang, a poor place like theirs? It is said to be in a prefectural city, but their lives are worse than those of the people in the town.
She brightened her eyes, put down her work and came to the door, "Girl, what can I do for you?" Rich people don't need money, and she greeted her well, so I gave her some money even if I couldn't help it!
Aling saw the unmistakable thoughts on the woman's face, smiled, took out a small piece of silver from her body, and handed it over, "I want to ask Auntie what's going on in the two houses over there, is there anyone there?"
To live in, to sell or not?”
As soon as she saw the broken silver, the woman's eyes were glued to her eyes, and she grabbed it into her hand. She was so happy that when Aling asked about it, she couldn't help but said: "Oh, girl, what are you doing?"
I thought about buying that house! That house was flooded three years ago, and several people died, which is unlucky!"
A Ling looked curious, "People died in the flood? What do you mean by this? Is it possible that there was no one in your workshop to put out fires and save people in the flood?"
The woman curled her lips and said, "Oh, girl, you don't know that the men and women of those two families want to die, and they set the fire on their own. Who dares to save it? If you save me, you won't be able to ask for it, and you will have to be scolded by the two families.
!”
"The men from those two families are not good people. One is a drunkard, the other is a thief! Who dares to provoke them! Not only that, the woman from that family is also a vixen who specializes in seducing men! It is bad luck to die! It is also a disaster not to die!
"
"You must never buy their house! It's so unlucky!"