After counting and totaling, the two finally found out that both money and goods were cleared.
Tang Xiaosan was about to leave, and the girl beside her begged again in a low voice: "Brother, please."
Hu Li's beautiful eyebrows were furrowed, tears were about to fall from her eyes, and her voice sounded pitiful and crying.
She looked at the man in front of her, hoping that he could save her from the fire pit.
Tang Xiaosan gritted his teeth, relented, and strode away without looking back.
I heard behind me the beating and scolding of the old sheep head, and the miserable cry of the girl...
Seeing the person walking away, Hu Li stood up, patted the dust on her clothes, and turned her face away. She still had the weak look that I felt pity for just now.
The old sheep head couldn't help but admire her and gave her a thumbs up: "Awesome! I admire you, old man!"
He changed the topic: "But if you let him go like this, aren't you afraid that he will leave and never come back?"
According to his opinion, he should just go with the flow and go back directly with Tang Xiaosan, and the matter would be done.
Hu Li glanced at him and curled her lips: "What do you know! Who would care about something delivered to your door!"
Only by refusing to welcome can you firmly capture the other person's heart!
She lit a cigarette and took a deep breath: "Just watch, he will come back."
Hu Li half-closed her eyes and fell into deep thought. After a moment, she said to the old sheep head: "If you want the play to be realistic, you have to do me a favor."
"What's the rush?"
Hu Li glanced at the whip in Lao Yangtou's hand, curled up the corners of her mouth, and gave an unknown smile.
*
After Tang Xiaosan went back, he would always think of Hu Li's beautiful and moving eyes in his mind from time to time. He was always absent-minded when doing things, looking like he was preoccupied.
At night, he even dreamed of Lao Yangtou beating a girl with a whip.
Although this person's face couldn't be seen clearly, he knew in his heart that it must be Wei Lan!
Tang Xiaosan opened his eyes suddenly and shouted: "Xiaolan!"
The cold sweat on his forehead brought him back to reality, he sat up, wiped his face randomly, and lit a cigarette to calm down his shock.
He frowned and thought deeply, a question constantly spinning in his mind.
I wonder how that girl is doing?
Busy work can make people forget everything. On the second day, after finishing busy work in several shops, Tang Xiaosan, who was free, thought of the girl again.
He frowned deeply and smoked cigarettes one after another.
Whenever I think of her, I will always unconsciously put another person into it, as if it is Wei Lan who has suffered so much.
Tang Xiaosan was so annoyed that he couldn't help it. He bought some good wine and food and decided to go to Lao Yangtou's place to have a look.
*
"Hey, Mr. Tang, why are you here again? What is this today?" Seeing him appear, the old sheep head beamed with joy, and he felt a little more likely to win.
Tang Xiaosan showed out the food and wine: "I have nothing to do, so I want to have a drink with you."
"Hey, we have a good relationship. Let's go, let's go, let's have a nice drink together." Lao Yangtou took the man and headed into the house.
After three drinks and a lot of food, Tang Xiaosan didn't see the girl from yesterday since he walked in.
He asked in confusion: "Where was that girl yesterday? Why didn't you see anyone?"
The old sheep head glanced at him and said with a smile: "What? Are you really thinking about her? This girl is pretty good-looking, but with your current strength, Mr. Tang, are you afraid that you can't find a beautiful girl?"
Tang Xiaosan raised his head and drank the wine in the cup. Beautiful girls are easy to find, but those who look like Wei Lan are hard to find.
He smiled and waved his hand: "Brother, what are you thinking about? I'm just out of curiosity. I have no other meaning."
The old sheep head nodded in understanding and smiled reassuringly: "If Mr. Tang likes a woman, I will help you introduce her to her. She is a very pretty one, and she is much better than the stubborn girl in the backyard."
He burped and looked a little drunk.
When Tang Xiaosan heard this, he immediately understood that the little girl was locked up in the backyard.
He rolled his eyes and kept pouring wine into the old sheep's head cup. After two or three rounds, the other party couldn't resist and fell drunk on the table.
Tang Xiaosan pushed the person with his hand: "Old Yangtou? Wake up and drink some more when you get up? Old Yangtou?"
When he saw no movement, he put down his wine glass, stood up and strode to the backyard. In an unused utility room, he finally found the person he wanted to see.
There was a big lock on the simple wooden door. Tang Xiaosan looked in through the small window on the door and saw a weak figure huddled in the corner.
He lowered his voice and asked, "Are you okay?"
The person inside suddenly shook his body and shrank tremblingly.
Hu Li lowered her head with a stern look in her eyes, and smiled secretly in her heart. Sure enough, she is here!
She immediately put on a pitiful look, spoke with a cry in her voice, and complained: "Didn't you leave yesterday? Why are you back today?"
"I..." Tang Xiaosan choked.
Hu Li hugged her legs tightly, buried her head in her knees, curled up into a ball, and said desperately: "Let's go."
In my heart, I was thinking about what the man would do next.
Seeing her like this, Tang Xiaosan didn't know how to answer the conversation for a moment, so he could only awkwardly pass a package of things through the small window.
"Are you hungry? There is half a roast chicken here. Can you eat some of it?"
Hu Li pretended to be hungry, stood up slowly and stiffly, held her hands on the wall, and took weak steps.
She stretched out her hand to pick it up, and saw the shocking whip marks on her forearm, which shocked Tang Xiaosan!
"Old Sheep Head hit you?!"
He dropped the roast chicken and grabbed the woman's wrist with his backhand.
Hu Li was in pain and exclaimed: "Ouch! It hurts——!"
Tang Xiaosan's heart twitched and he asked worriedly: "Are you okay? Did I hurt you?"
With tears in her eyes, Hu Li looked down at the wound on her arm, took a deep breath, forced the tears back, and said in a cold tone: "I'm used to it, let's go."
Hearing this, a burst of unknown fire rushed into his heart. Tang Xiaosan frowned, his mind became hot, and he raised his fist and smashed the wooden door.
"grass!"
He only felt that there was anger in his heart with nowhere to vent it!
Are you angry with the old sheep head for hitting someone? Or are you angry with the little girl for her cold attitude?
Tang Xiaosan himself doesn’t know...
After he smashed the door, he turned around and left angrily.
The broken wooden door, which was already crumbling, was so smashed that it cracked a hole...
Hu Li in the room slightly raised the corners of her mouth and pushed her loose hair behind her ears, looking quite proud.
"Haha, the fish took the bait..."
*
Tang Xiaosan left with anger. After returning, he regretted it and kept blaming himself for why he didn't save people. But when he thought of Lao Yangtou's previous warning, he gave up again.
The whole afternoon, he was so troubled and agitated that he was like a dynamite bag that was going to go off at the drop of a hat.
Tang Xiaosan, who was unhappy, finally calmed down. He was looking at the account book when he saw the boy from the shop walking in.
"Boss, the shop on West Market Street sent someone over, saying that someone is here and wants to find you by name."