Chapter 9: New Life
Li Fengying was taken aback by the sudden charge, her two messy thick eyebrows were tangled together, and she couldn't understand what He Haocheng said at all.
"The crime of ill-treatment refers to the physical and mental destruction and persecution of family members living together, often by means of beating, scolding, binding, starvation, restriction of freedom, humiliation, denial of medical treatment, or forced excessive labor, and the circumstances are heinous. Anyone who commits this crime shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than two years, criminal detention or public surveillance, which means that you must go to prison. ”
The living room of the Liu family was full of people, and the already small space became more and more cramped, and He Haocheng's long series of words pushed the oppressive atmosphere to the corner, and no one spoke in the room for a long time, Li Fengying was frightened by this large pile of legal provisions, and was stunned in place, and it took a long time to organize the fragmented words into sentences, and in a hurry, he only grabbed a few words and shouted.
"Don't talk nonsense! Family member, what family member, she's not from my family!"
As he spoke, he sat on the ground, slapped his legs and cried.
"Life is hard, my family is kind enough to save her life, and she is raised like a daughter, why did she break the law?"
The corners of An Jie's mouth twitched slightly, and she coughed lightly, in order to hide the disdain that was about to overflow in her eyes.
He Haocheng acted as if he hadn't seen Li Fengying's performance at all, and his tone was undulating.
"You have confused me, is this Gu Shunxi from your family or not. ”
"It's not our family! She's just a pest! This wild seed loves to go wherever she goes, but it's not our old Gu family's species!"
He Haocheng smiled and put away the stack of money on the table.
"Since it's not from your family, I don't think I have to give this money. ”
Li Fengying was stunned in place, she even forgot to cry, and watched He Haocheng put the money back in her briefcase, she subconsciously reached out to grab the money, but in the end it was a step too late, and the stack of red RMB was packed into the bag, and the zipper was pulled to cover it tightly.
For a moment, no one spoke again, and the atmosphere fell into an eerie silence.
Liu Dachuan looked left and right, put a polite smile on his face again, and stepped forward to help Li Fengying up.
"Feng Ying, I don't think you should make any more trouble, since the people from this provincial city have taken a fancy to us Shunxi and want to take her to live a good life, how can this elder be obstructed? Press the handprint on this thing, not only take the money but also treat Shunyi, and send Shunxi a good future, and it is not in vain for you to raise her this fate, as for what abuse is not abuse, we are all fathers and mothers, who doesn't beat a child, the past is all over, and the past is a end to today, and none of us will mention it in the future. If you think this makes sense, I, Liu Dachuan, will be cheeky to be a witness for both of you. ”
Saying that, he took the briefcase, took out the 20,000 yuan in it, and shook it in front of Li Fengying.
"Once you sign this word, no one can deny it, the money belongs to you Li Fengying. ”
Li Fengying was holding 20,000 yuan, as if someone had immobilized her, she opened her mouth in a slight stunned manner, and before she could react, Liu Dachuan reached out and pushed Gu Shunxi to He Haocheng's side.
"People belong to you and Coach He. ”
Li Fengying sat on the wooden bench, she couldn't turn her mind for a long time, she was so screamed by He Haocheng, her brain was about to turn into juice, she had no idea at the moment, her eyes looked at the bundle of money, she almost didn't turn around, and when she heard Liu Dachuan's words in her ears, she could only nod her head woodenly.
After all, for her, a vulgar rural woman, the renminbi is still in prison, which is a simple choice question.
Li Fengying held the money tightly in one hand, and pressed the red handprint in the other.
The contract is formed.
From this moment on, Gu Shunxi became a free man in the true sense.
When she left, she didn't pack any luggage and didn't say anything.
The girl behaved a hundred times calmer than An Jie imagined, standing at the gate of Liu's house, and after saying goodbye to Liu Chuange, she turned around and left.
This time, she didn't look back once.
In this way, Gu Shunxi escaped from the world of Baiquangou step by step with a straightforward and stubborn attitude.
It wasn't until He Haocheng started the car, stepped on the accelerator, and drove all the way away from Baiquangou that Gu Shunxi's tense heart dared to relax a little, she let out a sigh of relief, reached out and rubbed her already stiff cheeks, and put it into her jacket pocket.
The pocket that should have been empty seemed to have a touch similar to a piece of paper, Gu Shunxi took it out suspiciously, and it turned out to be two brand-new hundred-yuan bills.
At this moment, she reacted sluggishly, why did Gu Shunyi reach out and pat her shirt when she left at dawn.
Pinching these two thin renminbi, the position of her chest was like being hammered hard, Gu Shunxi felt that she had lost her ability to think at this moment, and the impact of her mind was confused, and her face could no longer make corresponding expressions, and her stiff face stared at the window with blank eyes.
The mountains on both sides kept retreating, and her eyes were sour, until the back of her hand was hot, Gu Shunxi found that she was shedding tears, she sobbed very quietly, and secretly wiped the tears on the back of her hand on her pants, and her upper body still maintained its original posture, not moving.
From the rearview mirror, An Jie noticed that Gu Shunxi had been looking out the window and asked softly.
"Want to open a window?"
Gu Shunxi came back to her senses suddenly, the sadness on her face had not yet dissipated, she pursed her lips and nodded in an extremely slight amplitude.
The car window fell, and the wind mixed with the warmth of the sun blew through the emerald and undulating mountains, blowing from the open window to Gu Shunxi's face.
She took a deep breath.
The air is filled with the scent of flowers, and the sweet and soft smell fills the nostrils, and it's hard not to like it.
Looking along the end of the mountain road, the road ahead is getting wider and wider, and in Gu Shunxi's eyes, the sky in the distance and near is so bright.
At about three o'clock in the afternoon, the car drove into Hujiang City, the streets in the center of the city were slightly congested, and the anxious driver honked the car horn.
Gu Shunxi was silent, staring intently at the window, the corners of his mouth were softly curled slightly, and his eyes were greedily looking at the scenery outside the window.
This was her second visit to the provincial capital, but it was the first time she had taken a closer look at the city.
Those colorful advertising signs became extremely dazzling in her eyes, and the flickering halo was dotted with stars, turning into the word future in front of her eyes.
It turns out that as long as you muster up the courage, life is so simple to leave Baiquangou.
About half an hour later, the car stopped.
Getting out of the car, the dazzling sunlight made Gu Shunxi feel a little dizzy, and she subconsciously reached out to block it.
A five-story building appeared in front of him, with a solemn gray appearance, and when he raised his head, Gu Shunxi silently recited a few big words on it in his heart.
Jianghu Civil Affairs Bureau.
Following He Haocheng, she walked into the building and began the adoption procedures.
Everything went surprisingly smoothly, except when I was registered.
Faced with the staff's inquiry, He Haocheng suddenly became difficult, he turned to look at the girl next to him, and for the first time he had no idea in his mind.
What should be the name of this child?
Do you want to change your surname, do you want to change your first name, or do you want to keep your original name the same?
After thinking about it for a long time, he didn't come up with a satisfactory plan, so he simply decided to hand over the right to choose. turned around and beckoned to Gu Shunxi, handing a piece of white paper and a pen to the girl's hand.
"You need to register your name to register, I don't know if you want to keep your original name or start a new one. At the end of the day, it's your own name, or is it your own will, and if you have any ideas, write your name on this piece of paper. ”
Name?
A name of her own will?
For the first time in his life, someone took the initiative to put the choice in his hands, Gu Shunxi held the pen and stared at the white paper,
Gu Shunxi was a little at a loss, his brain was a little short-circuited, and he paused for several seconds.
Does such a name exist, she asked herself in her heart.
Almost reflexively, a name comes to mind.
Naturally, there is.
The corners of his mouth curved slightly, a smile overflowed in his eyes, he pulled out the cap of the black gel pen, and signed his new name one by one.
The last vertical pen, white paper and black letters, the two words on it are particularly conspicuous.
Gu Qiao.
She lowered her head and stared at her name for a moment, and it took about two or three seconds before she handed the piece of paper to He Haocheng.
took the piece of paper and looked at the two words on it, He Haocheng was a little surprised.
I wanted to ask her why she changed the word Qiao, but suddenly remembered what An Jie had told him about Gu Shunxi's life experience, and retracted the question that was almost out of his mouth, He Haocheng just laughed heartily.
"I thought you would change your last name as well, is it to commemorate?"
Gu Shunxi.
No.
It should be said that it was Gu Qiao, who shook his head slightly.
"If it weren't for my brother, I would have died a long time ago, and I kept this surname, not to commemorate anything, but because those days were real, and it was a part of my life. ”
A hint of appreciation flashed in He Haocheng's eyes, a child who understands Entu retribution, his character is not bad.
On the one hand, he was also curious. The vast majority of a person's personality is shaped by childhood experience, and her character is inseparable from the environment.
Whether you admit it or not, it is a special connection that cannot be severed, it melts into life, it is tightly entangled, and eventually it becomes a part of a person who cannot be isolated.
It seemed like a difficult puzzle to solve, but Ho Ho Sung was confident that he would solve it, after all, he had plenty of time.
After a series of formalities, Gu Shunxi officially moved to the He family's household registration.
In addition to the household registration book, she was also given a red notebook with a gilded national emblem and five words of adoption registration certificate written below
Holding the red book tightly with both hands, everything seems to finally have a sense of reality.
"What are you thinking?" He Haocheng's voice entered his ears.
"I don't know. ”
Gu Qiao shook her head at him, she really didn't know, with her current level of learning, it was difficult to find an appropriate adjective to describe how she felt at the moment.
Her fingers gently stroked the black word "Gu Qiao" on the document, which was obviously a smooth paper, but she felt that these two words seemed to have a substance, and they were real and touchable.
From this moment on, she completed the transformation of her identity and became Gu Qiao from Gu Shunxi.
This can't be said to be a new life, but it is a life she chooses for herself.