Chapter 218 (1st Update, December 4)
The child was so frightened that he didn't want to run anymore, but fell to his knees with a puff and kowtowed to the two, which made Fu Chunhua and Zhuang Hongzhe dumbfounded.
At noon on the fourth day of the first lunar month, there was no sun, the breeze was blowing, there were basically no people on the street, and occasionally one or two pedestrians passing by also hurriedly swept their abrupt combination and left in a hurry, Fu Chunhua could be sure that everyone was in a hurry to go to a relative's house to pay New Year's greetings.
Looking down at the kid kneeling on the ground, skinny, although his hair is very short, it is messy, as if he hasn't washed it for a long time, his clothes are thin, as if he hasn't even worn cotton clothes, and the wrist he is holding feels biting cold.
Fu Chunhua suddenly didn't hate this kid anymore, she glanced at Zhuang Hongzhe, and the two pulled the kid to the side of the road.
"Little brother, why did you come out to steal something? What about your family? Fu Chunhua asked softly.
The child held back for a long time, but still couldn't hold back, and cried "wow".
Fu Chunhua took out a handkerchief from his pocket, wiped the tears from his face, and asked patiently: "Little brother, don't cry, tell my sister what's going on?" ”
The child lowered his head and sobbed and whispered: "Brother, sister, I beg you not to send me to the Public Security/Security Bureau, I don't get any money to go back to my mother to see a doctor, I'm afraid my mother won't survive!" ”
The two of them were a little shocked when they heard this, and after glancing at each other, Fu Chunhua asked again: "What's going on, you tell us well, maybe we can help you." ”
The boy nodded in agreement, and slowly told his story.
It turned out that the child's name was Wang Hongwei, and he was ten years old this year. Mother's name is Zhou Yitong, the ingredients in the family are not very good, before the liberation, the Zhou family opened a restaurant in the provincial capital, and it was still a time-honored brand. Mr. Zhou has a few family heirlooms in his hands, so the business is still very good.
After the liberation, the public-private partnership, the Zhou family gradually declined, and in that "ten years", the old man Zhou was completely beaten into a "capitalist roader". After several criticisms, although he was tortured to death, he was still optimistic and believed that there would be a day when Zhaoxue would come, so he still struggled to survive.
But until one day, his baby daughter Zhou Yitong was taken by a red/guard leader, and Old Man Zhou's criticism became more frequent. Mrs. Zhou and Zhou Yitong were so frightened that they didn't know what to do.
The red/guard leader is Wang Hongwei's father Wang Jianren, he took advantage of Old Man Zhou's absence to come to the door and threatened, if Zhou Yitong did not follow him, he would completely kill Old Man Zhou.
In order to save his father, Zhou Yitong followed Wang Jianren without a name, but fortunately, Old Man Zhou was let back.
But Wang Jianren is really a veritable "slut", and he likes to toss the weak Zhou Yitong in a different way, and Zhou Yitong miscarried three children before and after.
This Wang Hongwei was saved by Zhou Yitong in every possible way, otherwise it is estimated that Zhou Yitong will not be able to have children in the future.
Wang Hong's hygiene is less than five catties, just like a kitten. may have seen his second generation, Wang Jianren was a little better to Zhou Yitong during that time, and in order for his son to have a serious identity, Wang Jianren and Zhou Yitong got a marriage certificate for the first time.
Who knew that as soon as the ten years ended, he, the leader of the Red/Guards, was arrested and sent to labor camp for two years because he was involved in too many things.
As soon as they came back last year, Wang Hongwei and Zhou Yitong were unlucky, because Wang Jianren was unhappy, and this anger came out of the mother and son, and it was normal to beat and scold and not let them eat.
The most immoral thing is that often on the night of winter, Zhou Yitong takes off his clothes by himself, squats by the water tank in the kitchen, and squats for a night.
At first, he watched by himself, but later he simply ordered Wang Hongwei to stare at it, and if Zhou Yitong dared to put on clothes or stand up, he would beat Wang Hongwei. He also threatened that if the two dared to say anything, he would kill the two of them, and then commit suicide himself, so that the family of three could die together.
Zhou Yitong has been enduring it for her son, but since she had a few miscarriages in those years, her body is not as good as day by day, when Wang Jianren did not come back, her mother's family often subsidized her, and her life was a little better, at least there was no psychological pressure.
But as soon as he came back, he began to toss again, squatting by the water tank without clothes all night, and his body collapsed all at once.
Old Man Zhou and Mrs. Zhou came to see her, but she didn't dare to say it, for fear that he would be bad for herself and the child, and even bad for the two old men.
If it goes on like this, it is also a death, Zhou Yitong rarely fought again, one day when Wang Jianren went out, she took all the money and food stamps saved by her family, and led her son out of the house to hide.
Zhou Yitong didn't dare to contact her mother's family, for fear that the demon would find herself and the child, her health was not good, and she was nervous and afraid, she hadn't gotten out of bed for more than a month.
The money brought was also spent on seeing a doctor and taking medicine, and the rice bag was also bottomed out, what can Wang Hongwei, a ten-year-old child, do, want to help people work, people think he is young, but his stomach is really hungry, and his mother who is lying on the bed, if he doesn't take medicine in time, he is estimated to be sick and hungry, and the two of them will hang up without Wang Jianren.
So in desperation, Wang Hongwei thought of stealing, he squatted at the door of the food store, thinking that the person who came to buy things must have money.
Not to mention, he really let him get his hands on it twice, but it was only a few cents, this time I heard that Fu Chunhua had a dollar in his pocket, and he didn't want to steal anything.
It's just that I didn't expect to catch Fu Chunhua's way and let them catch it.
Fu Chunhua and Zhuang Hongzhe couldn't help but look at each other, this is too pitiful!
Fu Chunhua suddenly felt that he was too calculating, he was just beaten, and this kid couldn't say that if he couldn't say it, he would have to rely on that dime to survive for a day.
Zhuang Hongzhe looked at Wang Hongwei, his idea was simply a disease-free moan, and it was nothing compared to this poor child. The two looked at each other, and both decided to help the poor mother and son.
Fu Chunhua pretended to be in her pocket, and took out a bag of biscuits from the space, and she handed it to Wang Hongwei: "Your stomach has screamed a lot, eat this bag of biscuits first!" ”
Wang Hongwei took the biscuits with some hesitation, but he didn't eat them, but looked at Fu Chunhua and said, "Can I leave this bag of biscuits for my mother to eat?" ”
These words almost didn't make Fu Chunhua cry, this child is really a good child, as long as this person is filial, it is not bad.
She shook her head: "You eat first, my sister still has it here, you take us to your house, and my sister will give your mother something to eat." ”
Wang Hongwei's little eyes immediately flashed with vigilance: "Sister, don't worry, I will definitely not come out to steal money in the future, you can't go to my house to sue my mother, she will be angry if she knows." ”
Fu Chunhua hurriedly comforted: "No, as long as Hongwei doesn't steal anymore, my sister won't sue your mother." ”
Wang Hongwei thought for a while, and then said: "Then I believe my sister's words, and take you and my brother to see my mother!" He was still reluctant to eat the bag of biscuits, for fear that if he ate it, his sister would be gone, and his mother would be hungry.
Fu Chunhua watched him cautiously put the bag of biscuits into the pocket of his jacket, and smiled helplessly, hey, don't force this kid.
She turned to Zhuang Hongzhe and said, "Let's buy some snacks or something first!" Zhuang Hongzhe nodded: "I have money and food stamps here." ”
Fu Chunhua smiled: "I also have it in my pocket, I don't need Brother Azhe's." ”
The two led Wang Hongwei into the Xiangdong Food Store, weighed some snacks that could be eaten immediately, and followed Wang Weidong back to his home.
It's not really a home, it's just a house, with leaky walls, nothing but a tattered wooden bed and a table.
The dying woman on the bed heard the sound of the door, and struggled to get up, but she couldn't get up after moving a few times, so frightened Wang Hongwei ran forward in a few steps and helped the woman up.
Only then did Fu Chunhua and Zhuang Hongzhe see the woman's appearance clearly, her pale face, and a faint black gas from her skin, her cheeks collapsed badly, her lips were chapped and her skin was chapped, and only a pair of eyeballs could still move.
Both of them thought in their hearts, this should be Wang Hongwei's mother Zhou Yitong!
The woman gathered her strength for a long time before she asked, "Excuse me, what are you doing in my house?" ”
Fu Chunhua had already made up his mind on the road, and said with a smile: "Auntie, when our brother and sister were passing by a street corner, we happened to run into this little brother and fell down, and the two of us wanted to send him back." ”
She pushed Zhuang Hongzhe and pointed to the dim sum in his hand: "Isn't this the New Year, let's buy some small dim sum and send it over." ”
Zhou Yitong shook his head with a lot of effort: "We understand your kindness, no one is rich these days, you better take the things back, so as not to make your adults angry." As he spoke, he coughed violently.
Fu Chunhua hurriedly took out a bottle of space water from the space, opened it and handed it to Wang Hongwei: "Hurry up and feed your mother some water to drink!" ”
Wang Hongwei nodded gratefully, and sent the bottle in his hand to Zhou Yitong's mouth, Zhou Yitong took a few sips of the bottle, and finally calmed down.
She gasped for a moment and smiled palely, "Thank you!" If you have received your kindness, you should take the things back! ”
Fu Chunhua could see that this woman was soft on the outside and rigid on the inside, and she didn't dare to resist because her father's life was in the hands of others.
She stepped forward and said comfortingly: "Auntie, don't worry, we are not bad people, if you don't take care of your illness now, what will Hongwei do alone in the future?" ”R1152