Chapter 37 Speaking of evil is evil, pray for good fortune and good causes
Just after midnight, the night sky of the entire Heavenly Capital burst into dazzling fireworks on time. The next moment, both adults and children looked up at the fireworks in the sky, and everyone had a smile of happiness and anticipation on their faces.
"Righteous mother, is it like this every year on Chinese New Year's Eve?" At this time, the ordinary person was wearing the new cotton coat that Mrs. Xu had sewn for him not long ago, and was looking up at the night sky.
"Fan'er, why do you ask that? Every year on Chinese New Year's Eve night, fireworks will be set off everywhere...... Shouldn't this be your first New Year, right?" Aunt Xu felt puzzled in her heart, but also distressed.
"I don't know...... Four months ago, when my grandfather and brother rescued me from the river, I woke up to find that I had amnesia. There was an age-appropriate melancholy in the ordinary tone.
"Good boy, it's okay! Don't you still have a stepmother...... My stepmother will definitely do her best to take care of Fan'er!"
"Mother-in-law, Fan'er likes this feeling very much now, is this the feeling of home?"
"Well, Fan'er must remember! In the future, where there is an eldest mother, it will be Fan'er's home. β
"It's so good, Fan'er will have a home in the future. β
Looking at the ordinary happy appearance at this time, Aunt Xu hugged him tightly into her arms, for fear that he would see her distressed appearance. At the same time, after being hugged by Aunt Xu so warmly, the heart that has been frozen for more than a month began to melt slowly......
As the saying goes: Ruixue is a good year. The first day after the New Year was snowing, and it must have been a good year for a good harvest.
Although it was snowing heavily, even so, the Lotte Tower, which had always been overcrowded, was still crowded with customers. At this time, in the backyard of the Lotte Building, except for the ordinary, the rest of the people were very busy.
The idle ordinary sat at the back door and watched the pedestrians and cars pass the time, but he always had a feeling of being watched in his heart.
At this time, in the bamboo forest outside the back door of the Lotte Tower, whispers sounded.
"Sixth, do you see clearly?"
"Third brother, don't worry......! Ever since Zhu Laoba entrusted us with this, I have been staring at this kid. β
"Well, that's good, but it's a bit of a problem, and we'd better wait until this kid is out the door and go farther away. β
"This kid has always left after eating in the middle of the night, but I don't know why he stayed in there last night......"
At this moment, in the bamboo forest, a slightly hunchbacked young beggar was discussing in a low voice with another young beggar who looked a little sharp-mouthed, and the "Zhu Laoba" in the mouth of the two of them was the middle-aged beggar who was driven out of the Tianci Capital after being disabled a few days ago. It is obvious that the "kid" they are talking about at the moment is the ordinary, but the ordinary, who is in a daze at this time, does not know that there is already danger waiting for him.
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"Good boy, I haven't eaten for a day, are you almost hungry?" Every time Uncle Yu sees Ordinary, he will miss his grandson who is about the same age as Ordinary.
"Grandpa Yu, Fan'er is not hungry! Fan'er will wait for her stepmother to finish her work and then eat with her. Ordinary and well-behaved replied.
After hearing this, Steward Yu suddenly felt as if his heart had just been pricked by a needle, and it hurt suddenly. Somehow, Steward Yu thought of the eager eyes that ordinary people looked at the rock sugar gourds every time they walked past the vendor selling rock sugar gourds in front of the door.
"Silly boy, take this money and go outside to buy a string of rock sugar gourds to eat!"
After listening to this, Pingfan fell into a contradiction in his heart, on the one hand, his stepmother told him last night not to ask for other people's things easily, and on the other hand, he dreamed of eating rock sugar gourds......
Just when the ordinary was hesitating, Steward Yu said with a smile on his face: "Good boy, go buy it...... This is a piece of grandpa's New Year's heart!"
"Thank you Grandpa Yu!" Pingfan finally failed to refuse the temptation of the rock sugar gourd, and was a little embarrassed and grateful.
"Haha! silly boy, you don't have to see Grandpa Yu like this, Grandpa Yu will go and get busy first......"
Looking at Steward Yu who was walking away, Ping Fan ran out of the door in a hurry, braving the heavy snow, and then ran towards the market in the south, because he knew that there were sugar gourds sold there.
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"Third brother, wake up quickly! Good thing, good thing!"
At this time, the young beggar who had been watching the ordinary monkey cheeks shook the young beggar beside him with a hunchback ecstatically.
"You're urging you, what are you going to do?"
"Third brother, that kid just went out to the south market!"
"What...... God help me! Quick! Sixth, let's hurry up and follow......
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I don't know when the heavy snow stopped, and the snow-covered earth seemed to be covered in silver, but it didn't take long for it to be covered by a layer of night.
At this time, in the most remote barren forest of the market south of the Tianci Capital, a human voice rarely sounded: "Sixth, it's almost done...... This kid is already on all fours, so leave him here to fend for himself!"
"But...... Third brother, didn't that Zhu Laoba pay us to take this kid's life? If we just break our limbs like this, will it be difficult to explain to him when the time comes?"
"Forget it...... After all, he was just a naΓ―ve stupid child, so there was no need for him to be killed on the spot...... Hey, let him fend for himself, let's accumulate merit!"
"Okay, then do what the third brother said!"
"Well, let's go...... I hope this kid won't be so stupid again in his next life!"
Then, the ground soon remembered the sound of "creaking" snow footing, and it was not long before the two beggars walked away.
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In the middle of a busy day, it was finally late at night. However, at this time, Aunt Xu, who was a little idle, was holding a large bowl full of food, but she couldn't wait for the ordinary figure left and right. Although she was particularly worried about the ordinary at this time, she couldn't walk away because she still had work to do later.
In this way, Aunt Xu waited until the next morning, and did not wait for ordinary people.
"Aunt Cai, did you see Fan'er yesterday?" said Aunt Xu while washing the dishes piled up in a small hill, and asked another middle-aged woman who was in charge of cleaning the backyard worriedly.
"Yesterday afternoon, I saw that the kid took the money given to him by Steward Yu and went to the South Market to buy rock sugar gourds......" The middle-aged woman thought for a moment and then said.
It is estimated that she was afraid that Aunt Xu would not be relieved, and the middle-aged woman then comforted Aunt Xu and said: "Don't worry too much, it is estimated that children are greedy for fun, and they will come back when they have played enough......"
"Well, hopefully...... Thank you, Aunt Cai!" Aunt Xu thanked with a smile.
Because they were too busy, Aunt Xu and the woman stopped talking, but continued to busy their own work......
In this way, Aunt Xu waited for a whole day, but she didn't see an ordinary figure until dark. For some reason, Aunt Xu always had a particularly uneasy feeling in her heart. In the end, Aunt Xu decided to go out to find the ordinary after being busy late at night.
Compared with the bustle of the city during the day, the streets at night are particularly deserted, and the pools of water formed by the melting snow make people step on a shallow foot at every turn.
Aunt Xu felt that her shoes were already soaked, and she was blown by the cold wind in the middle of the night, and the whole person was a little cold and shivering. However, because of the concern for the ordinary in her heart, Aunt Xu still continued to look for the southern market without looking back.
After a while, Aunt Xu came to the vicinity of the broken temple. Although it was late at night, the deserted temple was still brightly lit, and there were bursts of noise from time to time.
Seeing this, Aunt Xu was a little stunned in her heart, but when she thought of the ordinary safety, she still walked forward without hesitation. However, at this moment, the sound of conversation suddenly came from the forest in front of her.
"Third brother, you said it's been two days, is that kid still alive?"
"Sixth, didn't you just fucking lose stupidly and ask such a stupid question...... Thrown into such a deserted forest for two days, even an able-bodied adult would have no bones left that could have been eaten by the wild beasts in the forest, let alone a child with broken limbs?"
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When Aunt Xu heard this, her whole heart instantly became cold, even colder than the frozen shoes on her feet, so cold that she almost lost consciousness.
After a while, Aunt Xu, who had regained some consciousness a little, ran towards the depths of the barren forest like crazy...... It wasn't until she saw the flickering yellow light in front of her that she slowed down in shock.
"Whew......"
Suddenly, a mournful wolf howl sounded around the yellow light, and after this wolf howl, the eldest lady saw the wolves rushing towards her......
After Aunt Xu stayed for a few seconds, she saw a person lying in the yellow light mask, almost subconsciously, and she felt that it was ordinary lying inside. As if she didn't see the oncoming wolves, Aunt Xu frantically rushed to the ordinary place where she was lying......
At this moment, she only has the ordinary lying on the ground and the unknown life and death in her eyes, and even the menacing wolves were suppressed after seeing the almost crazy Aunt Xu...... It wasn't until the mournful wolf sound resounded before that the wolves began to attack Aunt Xu again.
Seeing that Fan'er was getting closer and closer to her, but at this time, Aunt Xu felt a little weak...... Aunt Xu finally stopped one step away from the ordinary, and her eyes that did not close until she died revealed endless remorse and unwillingness.
In the early hours of the morning, it suddenly snowed heavily, as if it wanted to cover up the filthy human nature with spotless snow. But what about when the sun rises and the snow melts?
Reincarnation gives cause and effect, and both good and evil can be argued. Pray for good causes and evil results.