Chapter 1: Hit by a knife
Xu Qinghe was in the kitchen, and his hands were full of white noodles. Her eyes were a little spicy, and the sweat was running down her forehead to her eyes, and she raised her hand to wipe her eyes with her sleeve and continued to knead her face. Not noticing that the black hair and eyes were stained with white powder, she slammed the lump of dough the size of her head against the wooden chopping board with a "pop" sound.
The dough was smashed and deformed.
She brought a rolling pin and prepared to thin the dough to make noodles, which she would cut today. She was about to make a big move, when there was a sudden commotion outside, and the rolling pin in her hand was lifted and lowered, and she was about to start rolling again, when a shrill cry came clearly to her ears from the wide open opening in the kitchen.
"Sister, those villains are making trouble again-"
Xu Qinghe put the rolling pin in his hand on the board fiercely, making a sound that was not inferior to the dough falling on the board just now. The people outside seemed to be taken aback, and she turned around and drew a knife from the shelf—a kitchen knife! She flipped her hands, probably feeling inadequate, and turned around and replaced it with a heavier and bigger blade with a sharp white light, sharpening the knife Huo Huo rushed out as if he was going to kill chickens and sheep, and he didn't even notice the boy jumping behind her and exclaiming.
"Sister, sister, be careful-"
Xu Qinghe rushed out of it full of anger, scaring a lot of ordinary people who were watching the excitement, and they all scattered in a hurry, not daring to block the door. She kicked an irregular bench with her toes, and the bench that was her length was so obediently trampled under her feet.
"Tell the old lady, why are you here this time, you can't say one, two, three, the old lady will let you go home to bed for the New Year!" Xu Qinghe stepped on the bench with one foot, and stepped on the ground with one foot, and with her last "go" word, the big kitchen knife that was bright and dangling smashed into the solid wood table in front of her, which was half a fist thick, and one of the few men who wanted to get close to her with a salivating face was so frightened that he got under the table.
There was laughter at the door, and the men couldn't hold their faces a little, so they slapped the table with a fairly calm face, and shouted, "Lao Tzu is the second master Li on this street, are you still afraid that you will not be able to make a little girl, what's the matter, you still dare to do it?" ”
Since Xu Qinghe dragged her five-year-old brother here five years ago, she has quickly completed the transformation from a small jasper family to a fierce and spicy one.
Because the shape shì is stronger than the person!
If she doesn't change, according to her face, even if she breaks her face, she will definitely not be able to get peace, she has to be able to bluff to do it, this big kitchen knife accompanies her and retreats from countless hooligans and ruffians, even if she can't protect it, she can make herself innocent. But fortunately, I've been here for five years, and I have a few connections, so I won't be bullied.
This bully still thinks she, Xu Qinghe, is joking? forced her, she really dared to use the knife! I haven't experienced anything in those years, but she Xu Qinghe has even killed people!
Thinking of this, her face darkened, and she immediately swept over with another knife.
"Can the old lady, do you want to try yourself?" With that, she pulled the kitchen knife out of the table, played around the back of her hand, grasped the smoothed handle of the knife in her hand, stepped on the ground with her foot, stepped onto the black wooden table, and swiped directly in front of the talking man, dancing in a shining semi-circular arc.
It wasn't until a few strands of hair floated down in the sunlight that the man sat on the ground with an ass, sweating profusely. A few younger bastards next to him pulled the boss-like boss and muttered a few words, and the man pushed open the door to see the excitement, glared angrily a few times, and let go of the cruel words, until he walked out of the door, and still made a loud noise.
"Look at what you can, put the knife at your grandfather and me, be careful that someone will also hold a knife against you one day!"
"You wait for Lao Tzu, remember the name of your second master Li, Lao Tzu looks at you as a woman, let you once, next time you won't be so good to speak!"
Watching their gray wolf bèi escape, Xu Qinghe got off the table a little tired, the little boy took a towel from his shoulder and wiped the table that was a little dirty, his dark eyes stared at Xu Qinghe's face, and he straightened his chest proudly.
"My sister is the best! Yangyang likes her sister so much! ”
Xu Qinghe touched his younger brother Xu Qingyang's head, and showed him a gentle smile that was almost a little rare for her now, "Yangyang is good, my sister also likes you the most." ”
"The big guy has seen enough, continue to eat what should be eaten, and disperse if he doesn't." After speaking, the crowd gradually dispersed, and Xu Qinghe also went to the back kitchen and continued to do his previous things. It's just that the hand kneading the dough is a little trembling, and the top of the dough that was originally sprinkled with white flour is dry, but suddenly it gets a small piece wet.
"I'm blinded by the powder again." After finishing speaking, she washed her hands and rubbed her eyes, but the more her eyes were rubbed, the redder they became, she slapped the table heavily, and said viciously, "Next time you dare to make trouble, the old lady will let you go and never return!" After letting go of the cruel words, it seemed a little funny, and he smiled lightly, showing a little fragility on his face.
It's not once or twice like this, it's almost every month. I just came here five years ago, and opened this small shop with some money in exchange for my life, at that time the store was still small, not so big, I got up early every day and did it in the dark, and her delicate and delicate hands were thick for more than ten years. I still remember that it was also winter when I first came, and I had chilblains on my hands, and the previous good ones were all long again, and my hands were almost rotten. If it weren't for Yangyang crying and shouting for her to see, how could she take that little money to see it.
At that time, it was much more bitter than now, and almost every three days, some people saw that their women and children were easy to bully. At that time, her face was not flowered, she was beautiful, and people always came to look at her, restless.
It was so bitter then, but now ...... Qing He smiled softly, and there was bitterness in his smile. Now it's time to be happy, it's time to be content. Qing He clenched his fists, and his face slowly faded away from the fragile look.
The business was still good that day, and the old neighbors who knew the roots were chatting while eating, and said to Qinghe with a smile.
"Boss, you're getting better and better now, and you can still play with knives. As soon as this knife is clammed, we will be frightened by those wicked people. "That's what the men laughed at.
"Girl, it's time for you to clean up and find a good family. I just happened to know the slinger uànВ shrugged to say that he was paradoxical, Qin Jing, he shook his armpits, his milk, his nose, his son, his childish system, he said that he was stirring Su Naan, locust blade, Qiu Dai Ai, and he was slow and quiet, and he shouted that he was happy and bright, and he was stealing neon Zheng Yu Sifu Zhong Γ Auntie, it wasn't me who said, you also know my difficulties, you have watched me come over all these years. You know the hardships here, so be it. After saying that, he thanked the aunt and turned around and left.
The aunt, who was called the second aunt, sighed and didn't mention it.
In the evening, the two of them, one big and one small, packed up their things, and Qinghe took Qingyang's soft paws in his hand and pinched them.
"Yangyang has recently raised some meat, and my sister will cook you a few delicious things for you to satisfy your hunger during the Chinese New Year." As soon as he finished saying this, the child immediately broke away from Qinghe and cheered and jumped on the road.
"I want to eat sugar, a lot of sugar cakes, sugar gourds, fried chestnuts, rice cakes, saltwater peanuts......" Before he finished speaking, Qinghe smiled and patted his head, "What do you want, I have the conditions." ”
The child is innocent and doesn't know how to hide his expression, and his little face immediately collapses, knowing the rest of the story.
"You have to finish reading that book before your annual vacation this time, I will test you before the Chinese New Year, and I will give you food after the New Year, otherwise I will send it door to door when the time comes, you don't want to eat it, understand?" Qing He knows how to hang her brother very well, so he will definitely finish it very seriously.
When she went back at night, she boiled water first, and the two took turns to take a bath, she asked Qingyang to go back to her house to do her homework and study, and go back to the kitchen to prepare things. When the work was done, I went to my brother's house to see that he was sleeping soundly, moved to the bed, and took off his coat. During this period, Qingyang muttered in a daze, and Qinghe leaned over to listen to it, and he was happy.
"I haven't finished memorizing it yet...... Peanut brittle...... Fried chestnuts ......"
Qinghe scratched her brother's nose, the other party shrunk, she shook her head dotingly, and tucked the quilt for him, "You little glutton." ”
I went back to my room and lit the lamp, picked up the book and looked at it a few times, the day made her a little tired, her eyelids fell straight down, closed the book, picked up the oil lamp and went to bed.
The lights were turned off, but in the middle of the night, I didn't sleep very soundly. There seemed to be something in the dream that frightened her, her forehead was covered with cold sweat, her mouth was mumbling, and she couldn't hear clearly. Suddenly, she sat up from the bed and gasped for a few breaths before she realized that something was wrong.
In addition to her, there was someone else's respite.
Anomalous...... Rough ......
She was about to lift the quilt, and asked "Who is there" in her mouth, when suddenly a cold thing hit her neck, which made her feel a creepy feeling in her heart. Just as she was about to bow her head, a phrase "don't move" came from above, but she had already seen a flash of cold light in the faint light outside.
That's a knife.
The man's words flooded into his mind during the day, and they were replayed.
"Look at what you can, put the knife at your grandfather and me, be careful that someone will also hold a knife against you one day!"
The man's eyes were fierce, and he didn't look like he would give up.
She immediately had a thought in her heart, she thought it was the person sent by Second Master Li to teach her. But she immediately shook her head again. Because she smelled a strong smell of blood.
Who is this man?