In fact, the painting was very simple, only the twelve zodiac signs, but Zhang Tan still wanted it very much.
They want it, but as orphans, they have no money. Not even a copper coin. They can only shrink their necks and brave the cold wind to watch other people's parents buy sugar paintings for their children.
Zhang Tan was very envious. She asked Zhang Wei:
"Brother, we don't have sugar paintings to eat. Is it because we don't have parents?"
Zhang Wei couldn't answer her.
He wanted to say no, they didn't have sugar paintings to eat just because they had no money. But he couldn't say that.
They no longer have parents, and Zhang Wei doesn't want his sister to think that they don't have many things besides their parents.
So he said: "Of course not. Brother promises you that he will buy you sugar paintings next time you come out."
Zhang Tan's eyes were sparkling.
She believed in her brother, who never lied to her.
Zhang Wei felt great pressure at this moment.
He took Zhang Tan back to the orphanage, and the director of the orphanage was leading other teachers to look for them.
After seeing Zhang Wei, she first breathed a sigh of relief, and then beat him violently.
She told Zhang Wei that the outside was not as good as before, and asked him not to run around, especially not to run around with Zhang Tan.
Otherwise, once she is captured by someone with evil intentions, there is nothing she can do about it.
Seeing the wrinkles at the corners of the dean's eyes, Zhang Wei, who originally wanted to ask the dean for some money, swallowed his words.
He is already a big boy, how can he ask the dean and teacher for money every time?
Zhang Wei decided that he would make some money on his own.
The first thing he thought of was the mine under their orphanage.
He heard a worker say that he could earn at least three copper coins a day in the mine.
He and his sister only needed one copper coin to buy two sugar paintings, so he only had to go there for one day to earn money for his sister to buy the sugar paintings.
Zhang Wei didn't tell anyone about his plan.
He quietly observed the mining workers, prepared the tools himself, crawled out of bed one night, and took Zhang Tan to the mine without telling the dean.
The night was very dark, and Zhang Tan huddled in the corner, feeling a little panicked.
"Brother, do we really want to go mining?"
Zhang Wei: "If you want to eat sugar paintings, we have to do this."
Zhang Tan thought of the soft and sticky sugar paintings and chose to compromise.
She squatted at the entrance of the mine and watched Zhang Wei walk into the mine with a lamp above his head. She swallowed and cried:
"Brother, you have to come back quickly. I'm scared to be here alone."
Zhang Wei didn't even look back: "Don't worry, it won't be long."
He just wanted to earn money to buy sugar paintings, and he didn't want to stay there for long.
But as he walked inside with the light on, he felt that things were different from what he imagined.
The mine is very smelly, with a rotten smell, and human bones can be seen from time to time.
Zhang Wei thought of those people who disappeared while mining. Adults said that they stayed in the mines. Could it be that instead of staying in the mines to make money, they actually died in the mines?
A gust of cold wind came from deep in the mine, making Zhang Wei feel very cold.
The further inside he went, the more certain he was about his idea. He said, where is the best way to make money? These people are not making money, they are exchanging their lives for money!
Zhang Wei turned around and ran away, stumbling out of the cave.
Before the cold sweat dried on his body, he heard Zhang Tan sobbing softly.
Zhang Wei will never forget that night.
He saw many people wearing gas masks.
They were people from the upper city, he knew. Only the people from the upper city came here and wore those strange, mouse-like masks.
When they came during the day, they seemed very kind and even gave him a piece of strawberry-flavored candy.
But now, they have completely changed their appearance.
They hold sickles and harvest human lives frantically.
The children in the orphanage were still wearing pajamas, crying and roaring, running around like frightened birds.
The dean and teacher had already collapsed at the door of the orphanage.
Her eyes were wide open, and she didn't know where her body had gone, but she still maintained the surprise when she was dying.
She would never care where Zhang Wei went.
She couldn't control it anymore.
Zhang Wei covered Zhang Tan's mouth and sat at the entrance of the mine, not daring to speak, not daring to move, and not daring to let go.
The only one he could catch was Zhang Tan. At this moment, he just wanted to catch Zhang Tan.
I don't know how long it took before the devil left here. He didn't know when he sat on the ruins of the orphanage, looking at the burning embers of the fire, and smiled.
He remembered them all, and he will always remember them.
Zhang Tan can only cry.
She sat in Zhang Wei's arms, not daring to ask or say anything. She just kept crying softly and calling every name she could.
No one answered her.
No one could answer her.
It wasn't until the tavern owner found the place and fished them out of this pool of flesh and blood that Zhang Wei felt like he was alive and Zhang Tan dared to cry loudly.
"What are you doing."
Councilor Deng Bo's words brought Zhang Wei back to his senses.
Only then did he realize that he had reached out and pinched his neck at some point.
Gu Huai didn't even stop him.
Zhang Wei broke out in a cold sweat.
He thought it was over this time.
He ruined Gu Huai's plan.
They are now in the upper city, in the territory of these 'upper class' people, and they are ants that they can easily crush - just like that night many years ago.
Zhang Wei wanted to strangle Deng Bo before he died, but he still let go.
"What were you doing just now?"
Deng Bo was able to become a congressman, and he definitely had no simple mind. He felt that Zhang Wei had murderous intentions for him at that moment. He also immediately became suspicious of Gu Huai's motives.
He thought that Gu Huai might have some conspiracy to lure him to the Science and Technology Magic Laboratory intentionally or unintentionally.
Thinking of this, Deng Bo almost immediately stopped his visit plan.
He looked at Zhang Wei, waiting for the other party to give him an answer.
Gu Huai knew that if he failed to give him a satisfactory answer, he would definitely lose Deng Bo's trust.
"He is an out-of-control magician."
Gu Huai put Zhang Weila behind him: "He is very dangerous, don't provoke him."
Deng Bo was still doubtful.
He looked at Gu Huai: "Are you sure?"
The out-of-control magician should also use magic, but what Zhang Wei just used has nothing to do with magic.
He used physical strength, a method that only those untouchables in the lower city would use.
"Are you doubting me?" Gu Huai did not answer this time. He asked Deng Bo, very unhappy.
Deng Bo was less suspicious because of his reaction.
If Gu Huai was anxious to explain, he would feel something was wrong. Seeing that Gu Huai was really anxious, Deng Bo said:
"Don't be angry, and speaking of it, I am the victim."
Gu Huai didn't object. He snorted and said to Zhang Wei, "Let's go back."
If he stays here any longer, according to Zhang Wei's current mental state, it will be difficult for him not to reveal his secret.