Sophia was almost forty years old, and the old customers who used to come to her were gone, her little hotel was gone, and the girls in the house were almost gone. She is now just eating her old book, and often goes to her niece's house to ask for money, but her niece does not like to see her, and always says that she wants to go out when she comes.

Susan died at home last month, and it took two days to find out, doctors said she had frozen to death, and her bedside was filled with empty wine bottles.

Susan had no money, she still owed money for the tavern, and no relatives paid for her funeral. Sophia remembers that she used to raise a girl, but the girl ran away to work as a maid for someone else, and a few years ago she remembered sending money back to Susan, and then there was no news.

Sophia remembers that the girl's name was Rose, and she knew by her eyes that she was a clever ghost. Susan wanted the girl to work in her small hotel, and if the girl did, Susan wouldn't even have money for drinks.

She didn't like the girl named Rose. There are so many girls living in her hotel, and all of them are happy to make money. She felt that she had done a good deed, she had given the girls from poor families a lucrative job, so what's wrong with that?

The girl wouldn't even smile when she saw her the first time, she was so kind to her, she would remember to bring her two pieces of candy every time she went to see Susan, and she didn't appreciate her at all.

When Susan told her that the girl wanted to be a maid, she warned her, "You can't let her go." Susan, I know what these little girls are thinking, they won't remember your kindness, she'll forget you when she turns her face! ”

She fiddled with the feathers on her new hat and said, "What's so bad about working in my hotel?" All the guests were generous, they would generously buy the girls wine, treat them to delicious food, and give them pocket money to buy their favorite lipsticks and hats. She persuaded Susan, "She's still young, she's not sensible, and she'll understand what's best for her when she's older." What's so bad about being able to make money easily? ”

In the end, the girl was gone, except for sending some money back every year, and every time Susan would go to the tavern to drink happily, and invite her to drink, and the money was always spent quickly. The kitchen at the restaurant also fired Susan because she was always stealing things to get out for drinks. When the girl stopped sending money and came back, Susan had to take out the things from the house and exchange them for drinks. When her hotel couldn't go along, the two of them used to complain to each other about the damn weather, the damn landlord, the damn tavern owner.

Susan often scolded Prith for not sending money back, and Sophia said that if the girl had gone to work in her hotel, at least she could still work and earn money.

Now that Susan is dead, she can't even afford a tombstone. But she saw from the priest that she had been a maid in the first place, and she looked like a decent person, and she had forgotten about Susan completely.

- She's going too far!

Sophia unceremoniously stepped forward to stop her, in her opinion, she should take care of Susan, after all, she raised her in the first place, and finally sent her to be a maid, and she can live so well now because of Susan's blessing.

She asks her to buy a tombstone for Susan and a funeral.

"Who else but you can do that for her?" She wiped the corners of her eyes with a shoulder tola.

Liang Shan didn't quite believe what this vulgar woman with heavy makeup said, and she promised to go with her to Susan's house first. Mrs. Hand held her and wouldn't let her go, and Sophia seemed to her to be a liar.

"You can't take her word for it! I've seen a lot of people like her! She's just trying to scam you out of your money! Mrs. Hand glared at Sophia.

"You are simply the most vicious slander!!" Sophia immediately stopped looking down and wiping her tears, and there was not a single tear on her face anyway. She shrieked at Mrs. Hand, "I'm a good man!" God bears witness! ”

"Haha!" Mrs. Hand was undaunted, and squeezed over with her waist and chest, "Don't try to fool me! Just look at you and I'll know what you're up for! How dare a woman like you enter a church? You deserve to hell! Satan the Devil is your partner! ”

The voices of the two women were not low, and the church was crowded with people who wanted to come to church at Christmas, and almost everyone was staring at this side, looking lively. The priest was surrounded by people in front of him, and he kept craneing his neck to look this way, looking anxious.

It's too ugly to quarrel here.

Liang Shan stood a little farther away from them, pretending not to know them.

Sophia's face was flushed, she was as angry as a frog bulging, and the look at her from front to back and left made her particularly uncomfortable, and she couldn't help but reach out and touch her mouth with bright lipstick and her face with bright red rouge, her skirt was also old, and it didn't fit well on her body for a long time, and everything was tense, making her look like a large sausage. Her spasmodic hands clutched at her hat, the feathers on which were almost gone.

Mrs. Hand was very proud, and the woman opposite was not a serious person at first glance, and no one would look up to such a person as them at any time. She said even louder, "Don't try to lie to Mrs. Hand! Don't want to look at An Young and coax her money! You must have heard that she couldn't remember the past and wanted to lie to her, right? Even a blind man without eyes can see that Ann is not the same person as you! ”

Liang Shan, who was named, subconsciously stood up straighter, lowered her face, clasped her hands in front of her in a regular manner, and stood quietly aside.

The eyes of the people in the church swept over her to look at Sophia, and everyone sighed.

- Indeed, the two of them are completely different, like a dog and a donkey.

"Ladies, ladies." The priest finally came over, sweating profusely and said, "Please go elsewhere, there are too many people here." ”

He personally sent the three of them out of the church, and promised that the church hospital would come to the church, and it was agreed that it would be Sunday, and that he would have enough candles for the children.

After finishing her business, Liang Shan told Mrs. Hand that she would go with Sophia to Susan's house to have a look.

"What if it's true? I don't want to give up any hope, maybe that's what God has given me. Liang Shan said reverently.

Mrs. Hand shook her head, and she felt that she had no need to believe Sophia's words: "Well, Ann, if you must go, then remember one thing, and that is not to give her money!" Not even a penny can be given to her! Otherwise, she'll haunt you like a vampire! ”

Liang Shan thanked Mrs. Hand for her concern, and then followed Sophia. Just now she had been standing not far away waiting for them to finish speaking, and Liang Shan knew very well that Sophia was asking her for money, but she was afraid that she would speak as soon as Mrs. Hande left.

- She worries that what she says is true.

Sophia takes her to Susan's house, complaining to her along the way, saying that she is ungrateful.

"It's Susan I'm taking care of! You're going to repay me! She commanded unceremoniously.

Liang Shan smiled and said, "How do I know if what you say is true or false?" You know, I'm sick and I don't remember anything. ”

"Humph!" Sophia looked at her in disbelief and said, "You're just lying!" But she didn't say any more, maybe she was afraid that she would annoy Liang Shan and have no money to take it, right?

Susan's home is in a small and shady alley, and the room is small and messy. All the furniture was gone, except for a broken bed, on which there were not even pillows. There was garbage on the floor, empty wine bottles all over the floor.

Sophia went to a neighbor's house to borrow a lamp, and with the dim light, Liang Shan rummaged through the place, but unfortunately she didn't find anything valuable.

She was a little disappointed, she thought she would find at least one photo or something.

Sophia had been following her, staring at her expectantly, and immediately shouted when she was about to leave, "Wait! You ......"

Liang Shan turned around, she gestured and said, "You, you're just leaving?!" You can't do this! She rushed over and tried to grab her.

Liang Shan said, "What do you want to do? Want me to call the police? She smiled and dusted off her hands and said, "If you want to do that, well, I don't care at all." ”

It can be seen from what happened at the church just now, who would be believed if the police came. It's her? Or Sophia? I'm afraid it's obvious that she's a clean person, and even works in the church hospital, and when she was in the church, there were many people who saw Sophia holding her, and there were so many witnesses.

Sophia didn't dare touch her at once, but she couldn't just let her go! She needs money! She wrung her hands and said, "You can't go!" What I said is true! ”

Liang Shan sneered, looked left and right at the broken house, and said, "Then how do you make me believe you?" Just this empty house? ”

Sophia opened her mouth, and she paused for a moment before remembering something, and said, "I have some things in my house that Susan gave me, come to my house, and I will show you, and then you will believe me." ”

Hmph, Susan sent her? I'm afraid she took it away while people weren't paying attention, right?

Liang Shan made an appointment with her, and she hinted that if it was true, she would thank Sophia well.

When she returned to the church hospital, Mrs. Hand excitedly asked her how she was, and even Aunt Maria, the nun, leaned over with concern.

Liang Shan regretted that she couldn't find anything valuable, Susan had passed away, and the neighbors where she lived now didn't know her.

Mrs. Hand immediately said, "Just like what I said!" That man is a liar! Ann, you can't trust her! She's just trying to scam you out of your money! ”

Sister Maria comforted her: "Don't worry, Ann, God will bless you, your relatives must still be looking for you." ”

Liang Shan said that she would like to go to Sophia again next Sunday: "She said that she has some relics of Susan, and she may be able to find something in them that can prove my identity." ”

Mrs. Hand sighed loudly and said, "Ann, you poor little thing! You've been cheated by her! ”

The next Sunday, after asking Sister Maria for leave, she went to Sophia's house, and sure enough, she took out some clothes, saying that she had sent them to Susan, and some books.

Liang Shan picked up the clothes and compared them to her body, they did fit very well, she could see that these clothes were all hand-sewn, probably from the hands of the same tailor, exactly the same as the one on her body. She looked at the books sent back again, and there was the storybook inside, and she took it and flipped through the Chinese stories at the back, which were exactly the same as the one in the church hospital.

She was sure in her heart, but she was dismissive and said, "So what? There are a lot of people on the street with these clothes, and there is nothing surprising about these books, how can you say that I sent these things back? I think you're a liar! ”

She stood up and pretended to leave, but Sophia grabbed her in a hurry, went to the cupboard and pulled out a crumpled envelope and said, "You should admit it when you sent Susan the money?" She slapped the envelope on the table.

Liang Shan picked it up and looked at it, and at a glance she could see that the handwriting on it was her own, she had a habit of writing, and the last stroke always liked to bring a small tail and roll a small circle, whether it was writing Chinese or English.

"Little Hangelton?" The address above was Little Hangelton, and she read it out curiously.

"Yes, you work there as a maid." Sophia said at once that Susan and she had gone to great lengths to get her a job as a maid, and that she had followed her mistress to Little Hangleton. She pouted and said, "I told Susan that you would never come back, but poor her still remembers you in the end." As he spoke, he wiped his tears in a fake way.

Liang Shan asked the name of the hostess and decided to check it out. It's all because the Chinese story is too vaguely written, and there are many things that can't be seen.

'I worked as a cook in the kitchen of the palace, he was an orphan adopted by a gardener, and every afternoon we would meet under the big tree behind the kitchen, and I would bring him a small piece of bread, and he would ask his pet to bring me a rose. ’

If it hadn't been for Voldemort and Harry Potter at the beginning, she wouldn't have been able to tell who it was.

- It's like a real fairy tale, and whoever sees it will not doubt it.

She gave Sophia a few bucks, even though she kept clamoring for more. She also bought a tombstone for Susan and gave her a funeral. Thanks to Sister Maria, this matter also saved a lot of money.

Liang Shan said: "Although I don't remember anything, it seems to be true. ”

The nun reassured her that she could stay in the church hospital: "Now that your family is gone, this is still your home. ”

Mrs. Hand thought that Liang Shan believed Sophia's words too easily: "How is this possible? No matter how you look at it, you don't look like someone like them! ”

When she went to the police station to give Susan a funeral, she checked 'Baosi' by the way, and the old policeman there still remembered Susan, and it seemed that she was very famous in this area. As for the girl raised by Susan at the beginning, several old policemen who often went to the tavern to drink also remembered that they quickly recognized Liang Shan, and heard that she was now working in the church hospital, and their eyes were suddenly much kinder when they saw her.

"I remember, when you were so tall, you used to go and buy wine for Susan." A bald old policeman with a belly the size of a pumpkin gestured his hand at the height of his knee.

Poe.

That's the real name of this body. Liang Shan was not very happy when she found out, she remembered that in that story, she had always described the girl who ended up marrying Voldemort.

- 'Poor Girl'

It's all right.

Liang Shan dragged her heavy steps back, she really didn't know what to do.

- This tragic fate.