Who?" Kang Yurong and Ke Mulan said in unison.

The screaming old lady said, "Wu Xiuzhi." ”

"Wu Xiuzhi?" Kang Yurong muttered and repeated, wondering in his heart, this name doesn't match "Tang Manying" at all. Then she asked, "Who is this Wu Xiuzhi?"

At this, the old lady looked sympathetic and said, "Alas, a poor man. ”

Ke Mulan interjected and asked, "What do you say?"

The old lady thought for a while before she spoke: "Xiuzhi's father is a carpenter, and her mother is a part-time worker, who washes clothes for people nearby, sews and mends something." Although they are both doing coolie work, the two of them are diligent and have a good life. The family was doing well, who would have guessed that something would happen?"

"What's wrong?" Kang Yurong couldn't help but ask.

"One day, Hideeda's father went to work for a family in the city. In the middle of the night, a man came to report to Xiuzhiniang, saying that Xiuzhi's father had killed someone in the house where he worked, and asked the people from the yamen to arrest him and put him in a prison cell. ”

"Huh?" Kang Yurong was surprised.

Xiuzhi Niang didn't believe it, so she hurriedly entered the city with a white face, wanting to go to the yamen to ask for an understanding. But the place in the yamen is where we ordinary people can enter if they want to? At the yamen, the errand man beat him up and drove him out. The errand also said that the evidence of Xiuzhi's father's murder was conclusive, and there was all the human and physical evidence. also said that Xiuzhi Niang was unreasonable again, so she was arrested and squatted in the cell. Xiuzhi Niang was three months pregnant at the time, and this dozen, not to mention that the child was gone, and she almost couldn't survive. The next day, someone came to the yamen, saying that Xiuzhi's father committed suicide in prison, and the family of the deceased was not to blame, so let Xiuzhiniang take the person back and bury it. ”

"Actually, the whole village doesn't believe it. It was another old lady who said this.

"Why?" Ke Mulan asked, turning his head to look at the old lady.

The old lady said: "Just like Daddy Xiuzhi's honest friend, he doesn't even dare to kill a chicken on weekdays, does he have the courage to kill?"

The third old lady also opened her mouth and said, "The people in our village who always run work in the city have also heard people in the city talk about it later, saying that it was actually the young master of that family who killed people. But the money that the people gave to the officials made Xiuzhi's father a substitute for the dead. ”

Kang Yurong asked, "What happened later?"

The first old lady continued: "Later, Xiuzhi Niang couldn't afford to get sick, Xiuzhi was only seven or eight years old at the time, and the two of them relied on the neighbors to give you a bite today, and I will give you a meal tomorrow." Two months later, Uncle Xiuzhi came, saying that there was a family in the city who wanted to buy a child daughter-in-law, and gave him a price of 15 yuan. Xiuzhi Niang thought that the child would also suffer if she followed her, and maybe she could enjoy happiness with the people in the city, so she agreed. Who estimates, she came back more than ten years ago. ”

"Then why did she come back again?" Kang Yurong asked.

"I don't know. ”

Kang Yurong asked again: "After you came back, did you never leave?"

"Nope. The old lady was absolutely sure.

Kang Yurong said: "According to what you say, this Wu Xiuzhi did not come back from Shanghai, but from Beijing. ”

The first old lady picked up the conversation again and said, "She came back alone that winter, and I don't know where she came back." But she was the only woman in our village who had come back from outside. ”

"Wu Xiuzhi was only seven or eight years old when she was sold, so many years have passed, why are you Wu Xiuzhi?"

"At first I wasn't sure, but his uncle had been here many times since she came back. I was also curious, so I quietly asked her uncle. ”

"How do you know so clearly?" Kang Yurong couldn't help but ask.

"Our two families are neighbors, and there is a wall in between. So, know more. ”

Kang Yurong turned his head and said to Ke Mulan, "Let's go to Wu Xiuzhi's house to have a look, shall we?"

Ke Mulan stood up, stretched out the folded blouse because he was squatting, put his hands behind his back, looked into her eyes and said, "I think it's all for nothing, and the names of the two don't match at all." ”

Kang Yurong also stood up, smiled and said, "I don't think so, don't forget that Wu Xiuzhi was someone else's child daughter-in-law, maybe the name Tang Manying was changed for her by her husband's family?"

If you are a child daughter-in-law, not a daughter, even if you change your name, you won't change your surname together?

But Ke Mulan didn't say this, because he didn't want to discourage her enthusiasm. So, with a smile, he said, "Then let's go." ”

Kang Yurong asked for the address, and the two were about to turn around, when the old lady of the neighbor said, "You may not be able to see people when you go." ”

Kang Yurong asked, "Why?"

"It's weird when Xiuzhi comes back, she doesn't go out all day, even our old neighbors go, and she just copes with it at the door. The old lady said.

Kang Yurong said: "Even so, we will go over and have a look, and we will talk about it when we can't see it." ”

Wu Xiuzhi's house is in the northernmost part of the village, with a small courtyard, and the house is no different from all the adobe houses here.

"Bang bang. Kang Yurong stepped forward and patted the black wooden door that had been peeled off.

After a while, there was a sound of footsteps inside, followed by a slightly hoarse female voice, who asked inside, "Who?"

Kang Yurong hurriedly said: "I'm looking for Ms. Wu Xiuzhi Wu, is this here?"

It took a long time for the wooden door to open a half-man-wide slit. From the slit, Kang Yurong saw a beautiful but indifferent woman's face.

According to the man in the hospital, Tang Manying should be in her forties. But this woman, with a big flower curly head and delicate makeup, looks like she is in her early thirties at most.

The woman wore a dark green floral cheongsam and a brown-colored tweed coat. Kang Yurong thought, although it is past the Mid-Autumn Festival and the weather is cold, it is not enough to wear a tweed coat at this time, right?

Besides, the sleeves of her coat are too long, right? I can't even see the tips of my fingers.

Anyway, Kang Yurong thinks this woman is very weird.

Although this Wu Xiuzhi is very eccentric, although her age is very different from Tang Manying, she feels that she has repeatedly told Kang Yurong that this woman is the Tang Manying she is looking for.

Soon, her feelings were confirmed.

Kang Yurong raised a smile and asked, "Excuse me, are you Ms. Wu Xiuzhi?"

The woman didn't answer and asked, "I don't know you?"

This can be regarded as an indirect answer to Kang Yurong's question, and what makes Kang Yurong even more happy is that this woman's strong Shanghai accent exposes the fact that she has lived in Shanghai for many years.

This also made Kang Yurong conclude that Wu Xiuzhi was Tang Manying.

Kang Yurong said: "I know. I'm here to ask for your help. ”

"I don't know anyone, I can't do anything. With that, Wu Xiuzhi was about to close the door.

Kang Yurong's eyes were quick, and with a stretch of his arm, he was stuck between the two doors, and the wooden door finally failed to close.

Wu Xiuzhi was annoyed and angry: "I said, I don't know anyone, I can't help you." ”

The other party was furious, but Kang Yurong was not annoyed at all, still with a smile on his face, and said: "A small thing, no one needs to ask for it, you can complete it yourself." ”

Seeing that he really couldn't get rid of this "scoundrel", Wu Xiuzhi asked coldly: "What's the matter?"

"I have a dress that needs to be changed, and I would like you to help me. ”

"I'm not a tailor, I can't make clothes, so please be smart. ”

"You don't know how to make clothes, but you're a master at repairing clothes. It is said that when you were in Shanghai, you modified the clothes that didn't fit. ”

Wu Xiuzhi was stunned for a moment, with cold eyes, with a look of inquiry and vigilance, he patrolled Kang Yurong's face several times, and then said gloomily: "I don't know what you're talking about?"

Kang Yurong wanted to say something, but Wu Xiuzhi suddenly opened the door, his right hand was clenched into a fist, and he instantly waved it towards Kang Yurong's face.

Kang Yurong's arm between the two doors instinctively shrank back, and his whole body subconsciously hid to the side.

At this time, Wu Xiuzhi took the opportunity to close the door with a "bang", hung up the latch, and then returned to the house.

Outside the door, Ke Mulan saw Kang Yurong leaning backwards, stepped forward, and hugged her from behind.

In this hug, both of them froze, and the whole world seemed to be quiet.

Ke Mulan's left hand wrapped around Kang Yurong's waist, but his right hand accidentally climbed onto her chest......

Through the clothes, through the corset, his fingertips still clearly touched her silhouette.

And Kang Yurong naturally felt it, even through the clothes, his fingers were still like a soldering iron, burning her skin numb.

She heard her own pounding heartbeat, and that heart was about to jump out of her chest so fast.

She also knew that her face must be a red mess, but fortunately, she was facing away from him, and he couldn't see his face.

After a long time, Kang Yurong slowly had some thoughts, and when he thought that his hand was still lying motionless there, he immediately scolded softly and shyly: "Take your hand away!"

From the moment he held her softness, the blood in Ke Mulan's whole body rushed to the top of his head in an instant. In an instant, my head was confused and dazed. The whole person is like a fool, and he doesn't know what to do.

That hand is even more so, not daring to move, unable to move, not wanting to move.

It wasn't until she scolded him that he woke him up.

Ke Mulan's hand was suddenly withdrawn, and without restraint, Kang Yurong quickly took two steps forward, she couldn't face the embarrassment of this moment, she couldn't wait to find a hole to get into, and never come out again.

She still had her back to him, and he couldn't see her face, let alone guess what was going on in her heart. It's just that her escape just now was even faster than dodging from poisonous snakes and beasts, and his heart instantly cooled.

He strode in front of her, stared at the top of her head, and pleaded urgently: "Yurong, I, I, I didn't mean to offend you just now. In a hurry, I am afraid that you will fall to the ground, and in the panic, my hands will not be well measured. You, you, you ......"

Kang Yurong was so embarrassed that he couldn't move at all, he only said in his heart, I know.

Her ventriloquism, Ke Mulan can hear it.

Seeing that she lowered her head and remained silent, she ignored his words. In desperation, he held her face with both hands, wanting to explain again......

Kang Yurong's head was raised passively, his fair face was even more gorgeous because of his shyness, and his eyes were black and shiny, as if they were about to drip water.

Her shy demeanor made him forget to justify, and after a moment of dizziness, his head was chaotic again, and he stared in confusion.

"Yurong!" his voice was dry, and his voice was a little hoarse.

"Hmm. Her eyelashes drooped and she answered gently.

"Yurong!"

"Hmm. ”

He called softly, and lowered his head one by one.