"Afan, don't cry. Seeing Afan sad makes uncle feel even more sad. Afan, be good and don't cry. When uncle can go to the ground, he will buy some candy for Afan."
Hearing the word "jelly", Yang Jinfan burst into tears and laughed: "My uncle is like this, how can he still remember the jelly?"
Huai Gujun silently came to Yang Jinfan, took out the handkerchief from his arms, and handed it to her.
"Wipe it, you have snot and tears all over your nose. It's both hopeless and ugly."
Yang Jinfan gave him a roll of his eyes, took the handkerchief and wiped it on his face randomly, his voice was still twitchy.
"Uncle, can you tell me what you have been through in the past three months? I thought Shuli Village had gone to another village to seek refuge with relatives, but I didn't expect that I would be looking for you on Jiangnan West Road for three months in a row. My people
If I had gone a step later, we would never have had the chance to meet you and me now."
Er Leizi pursed his pale and chapped lips, as if he didn't want to say anything. He clenched his hands into fists and tightened them, the pain was palpable.
Yang Jinfan wanted to ask again, but Huai Gujun stopped her: "Afan! If you don't want to talk, don't ask. When uncle is in better health and wants to say something, he will naturally tell us."
"Okay, uncle, let's rest for a while, and I'll go see if the medicine is ready."
Yang Jinfan pulled the quilt to cover Er Leizi's hand. Without asking any more questions, he turned around to get him medicine.
"Afan," Er Leizi called to her, "it's not urgent about the medicine. Come and sit down, and I will tell you some of the things that have happened in the past few months."
After hearing this, Yang Jinfan obediently returned to the bed and sat down, and asked Xu Yuxiang to boil a pot of hot water. Huai Gujun also stayed to listen to his memories.
Thinking of the days when everyone shouted for beatings, Er Leizi closed his eyes in pain and tried his best to stabilize his emotions before opening them again.
"Afan, do you still remember what I said to you before leaving the village?"
Yang Jinfan nodded: "Of course I remember, my uncle said he would not return to the village for a long time."
"Well, that's right. Even though you are juniors and have lived in Guxi Village for many years, you should have heard some rumors about me...all of them are bad things."
As he spoke, he lowered his head.
"Uncle, that's all over. Afan never believed what they said, and Brother Jun wouldn't believe it either, right!"
Yang Jinfan was eager to express something and turned to look at Mr. Huai Gu.
Er Leizi smiled bitterly: "I know Afan wants to comfort me, but those are not rumors, they are true. Since my mother passed away, my father has lost all his family wealth and only drinks and gambles all day long.
I would go crazy and hit people when I was drunk. If I hadn't had dirty hands and feet these years, I would have starved to death."
"Uncle, you have lived such a difficult life for so many years, why do you still take care of me? I don't have enough food or clothing to keep me warm in the Yang family, but I still have my parents to protect me, but my uncle is alone and is being taken care of by the villagers.
People are disgusted and still think about me..."
Er Leizi smiled and tried his best to raise his hand and pat her little head.
"Silly girl, because the first time I saw you, my uncle felt that you were different from the children in the village. Among those children, you had the cleanest eyes. You never followed them to tease me, and you even teased me.
Laugh. At that time, I thought, it doesn’t matter how I live, I will do my best to give this child as much warmth as possible. From then on, I have hope for life."
Yang Jinfan's eyes turned red, it turned out that the original person was also someone else's salvation.
"Why did that uncle leave me and leave, and then no more news about me after leaving?"
"Ever since my drunk father died, I have been alone. People in the village have avoided me like a savage beast. I don't want to spend the rest of my life in a muddle. I just want to go out and have a career.
. If you succeed, I will take you over and enjoy the blessings. If you fail, you will die outside. There is nothing to be ashamed of except for feeling sorry for my mother."
"Why did that uncle become like this? Could it be that he was eager to achieve results, so he took a wrong approach and was tricked?"
"well."
Er Leizi let out a long sigh.
"After I left Guxi Village, I originally wanted to go live with my uncle's family first, but thinking about my reputation, I still planned to go out and wander. Originally, I worked as a coolie in the town and saved a little money, so I went to Jiangnan West Road, where
I discovered that a shop selling clothes was doing very well, so I thought about cooperating with their shopkeeper. Even if we can't cooperate, I can just find a hard job."
He paused and carefully recalled some of the unusual actions of the clothing store at that time.
"It's just that I always felt something was wrong with that shop, but I couldn't find out what was wrong. I thought I had already paid the deposit for the cooperation, so I just gave it a try. I followed their advice and went to Jiangnan East Road to purchase goods. I was on Jiangnan East Road.
After waiting for more than half a month at the handover inn, no one came to deliver the goods, so I went to the branch on Jiangnan East Road to ask the reason, but they didn't explain anything clearly, only that it was the boss's business and they couldn't control it.
"
"I thought, isn't this just plain bullying? I want to argue with them. If the business can't be done, at least I can get my deposit back. But instead of refunding my deposit, they even secretly arranged thugs. If someone hadn't rescued me, I would have just
I’m afraid I’ll have already reported to the Palace of Hell by now.”
Er Leizi stared at the gauze wrapped around his hand in trance, feeling hatred surge in his heart.
I didn't expect those people to be so ruthless. They broke his limbs and even beat him to death!
When Yang Jinfan heard what Er Leizi said about the strange clothing store, the words "Pinyi Pavilion" immediately popped into his mind.
"Uncle, don't get excited. Do you still remember the name of the clothing store you wanted to cooperate with?"
Er Laizi gritted his teeth: "Of course I remember, that clothing store is called 'Pinyi Pavilion'. I heard that they opened all the way from Shangjing to Jiangnan. Even if it is just a branch, it can still do a booming business in a barren town.
"
Recalling the scene at that time, he realized that something was wrong now, and he felt a pang of regret.
"I was also blinded by lard at that time. I only saw that their business was booming, so I kept posting it without noticing the little tricks behind it. It didn't matter that the money was posted, it wasn't much at all, I just felt sorry for it.
The time when I was doing hard work by myself.”
He smiled mockingly to comfort himself: "My life is saved, but I will become a waste that drags down others for the rest of my life."
Yang Jinfan's eyes suddenly widened as if he was electrocuted.
Sure enough, it’s Pinyi Pavilion!
Mr. Huai Gu was also surprised, who came to Beijing to have such great power and could blatantly bully the people and make money?
Emperor Jingde?
It shouldn't be. He is the king of a country and holds the national treasury. Even if he has a reputation for cruelty, he will not abuse the people like this.
Yang Jinfan looked at Er Leizi's despairing expression and couldn't help but comfort him: "Don't worry, Uncle, your hand and hamstrings have been sutured. As long as you rest well, you will recover as before."
"really?!"
Er Laizi was excited. Which doctor could have such ability to repair the broken tendons of limbs and restore them to their original state?