The next morning, the sun still rose, and the village changed from quiet to quiet. Smoke was rising from everywhere. It was undeniable that this village was beautiful.
Li Xinghe stood in the yard, looking at the beautiful village, the pink morning light, and the curling smoke with cold eyes. She had no nostalgia for all this.
Li Xinghe, who had lived in this village for 20 years, is dead. She died in a social murder, which was carried out by people in this village. Before she was 20 years old, Li Xinghe not only died of sexual harassment and beating, she also died.
On the ridiculous chastity trial.
Withdrawing her gaze, she went to make breakfast for the men in the room as usual, and everything was just like every other day.
When Wang Fang returned to the small warehouse with a bowl of scraps left by the men, Wang Fang had already folded the few shabby clothes they had and hugged them with her arms, ready to leave at any time.
She found it a bit funny to see two women carrying luggage alone after so many years.
She approached the small window, which was shabby and pitifully small. She measured the size of the window with her hands, and then compared her waist. Her mother was also very thin, so there should be no problem.
Maybe my father thought that this window was too small to allow people to get out, so he never thought of sealing this window.
The two of them sat down and started eating breakfast, but neither of them could eat much.
"Mom, eat a little. Because of me, they won't go out to play cards recently. Let's wait until they take a nap before leaving. You still have to eat a little for physical strength."
Wang Fang nodded, and even though she was too nervous to eat because of the unknown that was about to come, she still poured it into her mouth and swallowed it hard.
It was still early, and the men were still energetic. The vegetables in the yard had been planted, and they were watered with bucketfuls of water. She picked up the basket for picking vegetables and went out with a normal expression.
She came out smoothly, and the loud sound of TV dramas came from the men's room, but no one noticed her.
After going out, she strode straight to the supply and marketing agency.
"Hello, I brought vegetables and eggs." As she said that, she put a basket full of wild vegetables and chicken and duck eggs on the table.
The people from the supply and marketing cooperative looked at her in surprise, "These vegetables are neat and fresh. Did you cut them?"
"Well, there are a lot of good dishes like this at the foot of the mountain over there." She pointed and casually provided a piece of wrong information, asking them to find it and break their legs!
"What about these eggs and duck eggs?"
Li Xinghe said impatiently and coldly, "Will you accept it?"
The people at the supply and marketing cooperative were stunned. This girl is really as fierce as the rumors say. "Collect, collect, collect." No matter where she comes from, of course she has to make money, and there is no name written on the egg, even if she stole it from somewhere.
, when the owner comes to find her, it has nothing to do with the supply and marketing cooperative.
The man said no more, weighed and counted the eggs, and then calculated the money and gave it to Li Qinghe.
"32 yuan and 4 cents, I'll give you 32."
Taking the 32 yuan and putting it into his pocket, Li Xinghe stretched out his hand again, "4 cents."
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"Yes, 4 cents." The man said as he opened the money box again, "Take it, 4 cents! 1 cent is enough for you. I wanted to give you more next time."
Li Xinghe snorted coldly, rolled his eyes at him contemptuously, turned around and left.
"Hey? Who are you staring at?"
She ignored him and walked away.
The day was really long, and the time passed by second by second. After lunch, the men finally came to eat.
I held my breath and listened, and the snoring sound started to sound.
Wang Fang had already changed into the latest clothes as requested by Li Xinghe. Of course, they were relatively 'new'.
"Xinghe, you really don't bring these clothes?" Wang Fang was still a little worried because he didn't bring anything, not even clothes, so what should he change?
Looking at Wang Fang's anxious eyes, "Okay, take it with you, mom, I'll get it."
Li Xinghe also put on the latest clothes and put the note that Yang Chen gave her before neatly into her pocket. The note had the phone number of Yang Chen's office on it, although she already knew the set of numbers by heart.
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Looking at the sky, it was almost time to take the bus to the city. She took the brazier and placed it upside down on the ground under the window. She jumped out lightly first, but the clothes her mother handed over were placed on the ground.
It took a lot of effort for mother and daughter to pick up their mother from outside. Li Xinghe didn't dare to pull hard because her mother's body couldn't help it.
Finally, I got my mother out of the small window safely.
"You have given me a lot of good food lately, and my health has really improved a lot." Wang Fang, who had successfully come out, whispered to her daughter.
Yes, my mother's health has indeed improved a lot recently. The two of them walked to the side of the road where the car passed without stopping.
While waiting on the side of the road, Li Xinghe took his mother's trembling hand and said, "Mom, don't be nervous. The car will be here soon."
Mom's hands are cold. This is the place where she has lived for half her life. She has never left this village since she married.
He stood on tiptoes and looked at the end of the road in the distance. There was no sign of a car yet. Neither of them spoke anymore. Fortunately, lunch time had just ended and most of the neighbors were resting at home and no one had gone out.
I don’t know how long I stood there, but I felt like my feet were about to take root. Finally, a big car appeared at the end of the road.
Li Xinghe shook his mother's hand excitedly, "Mom, the car is here."
Wang Fang didn't make a sound, she just shook Li Xinghe's hand back with a lot of force, and started to tremble again.
Two villagers were walking by the roadside, chatting as they walked this way.
Hey, it was going smoothly without meeting anyone, but the car came right away and we bumped into them.
"Leave them alone." Li Xinghe told his mother firmly.
As the car got closer, she raised her arms and waved vigorously.
"Huh? Look at the two women opposite, aren't they from the Li family?"
"Eh? That girl is real. Is that Li Fu's wife next to her?"
"Yes, where are they going by car?"
The car stopped amid the sounds of two women gossiping.
She helped her mother get on the bus slowly, bought two tickets to the terminal, found an empty seat in the middle, and asked her mother to sit in the window seat.
The car started, and Wang Fang nervously held her daughter's hand. She stared out the window for a moment. The village she had lived in for decades turned out to be so strange. It slowly disappeared behind her in the rolling of the wheels.
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Soon, there was endless fields ahead.
Li Xinghe could feel what his mother was feeling at this moment. She didn't speak, but just held her hand tightly to give her a sense of security.
'Mom, I can protect you, and you will live a good life soon.'
The car drove and stopped. After a long time, Wang Fang, perhaps getting used to the outside world, finally thought of asking, "Xinghe, where did you get the money?"
"I usually earn money by working and selling wild vegetables. Don't worry, Mom, as long as you work hard, you can always save money. From now on, just follow me and don't worry about money."