Chapter 8 The Eyes Will Be Repaid
The fire was raging in the village, and since the fire erupted last night, the neighbors were first frightened by the fire and rushed to the street. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
And the village extends in all directions, and it is clear which family has joy and which family has disaster.
The climate in the south is already humid, and there was no thunder and rain last night, how could it be so good that such a big fire broke out?
For a while, there were different opinions.
This peasant woman and man are not from the village, they only settled here after fleeing to this place after a sudden flood in their hometown two years ago, and the two are very mysterious, and they are very alienated from their neighbors, and they don't see farm work on weekdays, and they don't know where they got the money to feed the family.
Especially their eldest son, he is a loser, the four books and the five classics are not touched, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling are all gone, the popular little lady of Baihualou in Changle Mansion is throwing dozens of copper plates, every day and I don't learn all day long, if it is not for the parents to carry it, where does the spare money come from?
Su Fu left the peasant woman's house, and because he didn't know the way at night, he hid in the corner of an unknown alley and squatted for the night, but at dawn, the neighborhood was not quiet.
The matter of this peasant woman, Su Fu still heard the two peasant women chatting.
Since she had already escaped, she naturally would not go back, and if the two of them saw her burn down their house, she would not be able to resist her small body now.
Thinking about it, Su Fu was about to leave the village.
Now that there is no ox cart, her journey is a little slow, naturally, very slow.
But after walking for a quarter of an hour, there was a cacophony behind him, and it was a few noisy children laughing, making noise, and saying, "Fool, quick, hit this fool." ”
"Even those who can eat dirt are not afraid of getting sick."
"Of course fools are not afraid of getting sick, you are really stupid."
"He doesn't hide or fight back, it's fun."
Su Fu was slightly stunned, and quickly turned around, and several children formed a circle, punching and kicking constantly, obviously beating a person.
She hurriedly ran over and said sharply, "If you beat someone to death, you will be imprisoned and punished." ”
Maybe her voice was too sharp, or maybe her intimidation worked, and several people stopped laughing, stuck out their tongues at Su Fu, and ran away.
The person who had just been surrounded by them was squatting on the ground at the moment, holding his head with his arms around him, protecting the vital posture.
Maybe it was because he had no fists and feet, no noise, he quietly raised his arm, looked around cautiously, and saw that there was really no one, so he patted the soil on his body and stood up as if nothing had happened.
He saw Su Fu standing not far away, suddenly grinned, ran over happily, and when he arrived at his side, he stood quietly again, "Happy." ”
Su Fuben pillowed his face because of Fang Cai's condition, and when he saw that he said this for no reason, he couldn't help laughing, and said, "Why are you happy?" ”
He stretched out his hand and pointed at Su Fu, and said seriously, "I'm happy to see you." ”
Su Fu didn't speak, just looked at him in front of him, although he didn't have a blue nose and swollen face, but looking at the posture he had just run over, the place where he was beaten must have been very painful.
She reached out and wiped the dirt from his face, sighing, "Where is your home?" I'll send you back. ”
But I saw him shake his head, "I don't know." ”
Su Fu paused, he seemed to be mentally incomplete, as if he had forgotten where his family lived.
"They're not good." He came again suddenly.
Su Fu was stunned and puzzled, "Who are they?" ”
"My mother is gone, they beat me, scolded me, didn't give me anything to eat, they are bad people." He looked at her carefully and tried to make things clear.
Su Fu patted his head helplessly, but he didn't know what to do with him, so he spoke for a long time, "Don't you want to go back?" ”
He nodded vigorously, and then said, "You, be good to me, give me something to eat." ”
Su Fu was dumbfounded, was this child bought for a steamed bun? What a ......
A child flashed in her memory, and he was also so well-behaved, but unlike it, that child was well-behaved and clever, and he was more pleasing than him, but only the last sentence was deeply engraved in her mind, "Sister, without me, you will live better, so don't save me." ”
This is not her memory, it is Su Fu's memory, and the child in her memory is Su Fu's seven-year-old brother, Su Qing.
That day, Su Qing was mistakenly pushed into the river by the village chief's son, Su Fu didn't know how to water, but he also wanted to save Su Qing desperately, but Su Qing, the seven-year-old child, gave up the struggle, said the last sentence with all his strength, and sank to the bottom of the river.
Ren Su cried heartbreakingly, and it was dark, but her well-behaved brother who knew how to feel sorry for her disappeared forever.
This is Su Fu's memory, her deepest memory.
Thinking of this, she softened her voice, "What's your name?" ”
He lowered his eyebrows, thought about it carefully, and suddenly raised his head, and said complacently for himself, "They called me." ”
Su Fu only felt sad and pinched his face, "Shall I give you a name?" ”
When he heard this, he grinned and clapped his hands, "Yes, yes! ”
She raised her head slightly, and the picture in her memory was very blurry, only remembering that the moonlight was scorching, and the face in front of her was very soft.
This heart is clear, and the sun and the moon can be seen.
Su Fu looked down at him, "Su Zhao, okay?" ”
Although he didn't understand the meaning, he liked the current name more than Fang Cai, "I like it." ”
He is not a fool as those children say, but he has a low mind and is not good at speaking, which does not mean that he does not understand anything.
Such a child, there are only two endings, one is to be taken in, the other is to die, thinking of them in his mouth, she has been alone in prison for three years with a cold heart, but because of his unrelated appearance, she decided to take him on the road.
This is undoubtedly asking for trouble for herself, but it's a pity that she can't tell the truth and can't bear to let go.
"Let's go!" Su Fu took Su Zhao with him, but he walked back.
In the future, she is not alone, she can't get by.
The fire burned all night, and when it was discovered, it was too great to extinguish it, and half of the hall next to the Westinghouse was burned down, and the other half naturally collapsed.
The frightened peasant woman woke up and saw her man standing in the courtyard with a hateful face, so she stepped forward, "What should I do?" ”
The man turned his head, "Eighty percent of that person was burned to death, and the matter of someone borrowing must not be revealed to others." ”
The peasant woman also knew the priority, and although they did not burn this person to death, but he died in their house, and she would not admit it until it was absolutely necessary.
Their neighbors who lived on the west side of them went out into the courtyard through the ruins, and because their western house burned down, the walls of their neighbor's courtyard could not escape.
When the peasant woman saw the mistress from the west coming, her face darkened, and this mistress was famously broken-mouthed, and she did not deal with her, and she was not sure what to say at this moment.
The husband's surname is Tian, known as Tian's sister-in-law, looking at the man and the peasant woman in the courtyard with an unkind face, standing in front of the farmer, and said dissatisfiedly, "You walked in the West House last night, and the movement was big, I don't blame you, but it has affected the courtyard wall of our house, my family is not as rich as your family, what do you say!" ”
Speaking of movement, although she knew that it was a fire, the peasant woman was still a little ashamed, thinking that yesterday's events were unusual, so she looked at Natian's sister-in-law with a smile and said, "Where did my sister-in-law say, it was our fault for accidentally going to the water, and it affected the courtyard wall of my sister-in-law's house, so we should repair it for my sister-in-law, and my sister-in-law should not be angry." ”
Sister-in-law Tian saw that she readily agreed, but she didn't say anything, and when she was about to turn her head, she saw an ox cart parked at the southeast foot of their yard, and couldn't help but be a little strange, "Why haven't I seen this ox cart of yours?" ”
The peasant woman looked at her and turned pale, she forgot to deal with the ox cart because of the urgency of the matter yesterday.
They took the woman to Changle Mansion, and they always rented a carriage, one came to go fast, and the other was secret.
The peasant woman laughed with her, "This is for the convenience of travel, I just bought it yesterday." ”
Sister-in-law Tian glanced at her suspiciously, the ox cart that Su Fu was riding was bought locally from Hetian Town, and it has not stopped for the past few days, this ox cart looks like a dusty man, and it doesn't look like it was just bought.
However, Sister-in-law Tian's purpose has been achieved, saying that these are not good for her, and she was about to leave, when she saw a child running in from the gate, and hurriedly hugged the peasant woman's thigh, "Brother?" ”
The peasant woman was stunned, panicked, and hurriedly tore the child away.
But the peasant woman's man was calm, and he came over and shouted, "Whose child is this, why are you talking nonsense, and we don't recognize your brother, why are you looking for me to ask for it?" ”
The child was murdered by the man, and began to wipe his tears with his sleeve, "I listened last night, and I heard you say that you are going to sell your brother." ”
Yesterday, neither the peasant woman nor the man saw the child, but who knew that such a thing came today, and he wondered what was going on, but before he could speak, he pointed to the man, "It's him, he praises his brother for his good looks, and if he sells it, he will have a lot of money." ”
The voice fell, and he continued to cry.
At this time, the courtyard door was wide open, and the neighbors gathered together, who were already suspicious of the peasant woman and the man, and when they heard the child speak, their hearts suddenly opened up, and they subconsciously believed the child's words.
Among the onlookers, there happened to be one of them, who lost his daughter a few days ago, and when he heard the news, he hurriedly walked to the courtyard and grabbed the peasant woman's sleeve, and said fiercely, "You sold my daughter, return her to me." ”
The peasant woman was frightened by this situation, and she did not think about what would happen if she was informed, but in full view of the anger and contempt of the people, it was difficult for her to calm down.
Seeing this, the man hurriedly went to this person's side, "This kid is an outsider, how can my brother and daughter-in-law listen to his nonsense?" ”
The person who was called his brother and daughter-in-law could still listen to the persuasion, thinking that they had abducted their daughter and dragged them hard, and after a while, the man's husband arrived in time, and the two families were at a stalemate.
At this time, the neighbors gathered in front of the gate all quieted down, spontaneously made a way, and a person in official uniform walked in, followed by several officials.
"The two of you abducted and sold the young girls, came and escorted them to the county office." This person is a local Meng County Cheng, and when he heard that someone had reported the case, he took the yamen to arrest these two people.
Seeing that this matter was a big trouble, the man and the peasant woman hurriedly went to the county Cheng, "County Cheng, the grass people are wronged!" ”
Xian Cheng looked at the couple prostrate on the ground, but there was no trace of movement in his eyebrows, if the two of them were not guilty, then they had to be convicted, "Take it away." ”
The peasant women and men were taken away, and the onlookers took refuge in their homes, but the complainant changed from a child to a local family.