Gu Xiaobei listened, walked over and squatted in front of Jiu'er and said, "Your name is Jiu'er?" Would you like to take us to your house? ”

Jiu'er was a little timid, whispered "um", lowered her head and looked at her toes, the shoes were small, and the big mother's toes were broken through the shoes, exposed, looking at Gu Xiaobei, who was cleanly dressed and good-looking, she unconsciously shrunk her big toes, trying to hide her embarrassment. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Gu Xiaobei saw Jiu'er's sensitivity, felt inferior, straightened up, bent over and said, "Then let's go now?" ”

Jiu'er didn't say anything more, and walked forward silently with the child on her back, her small body carrying a child of more than ten pounds, leaning forward under pressure, and every step was very difficult.

Xiaodong couldn't help but say in the back: "Mom, she's so dirty, she doesn't wash her face." ”

Li Fengmei glared at Xiaodong fiercely when she heard this. Xiaodong shrunk his neck and didn't dare to say anything more.

Gu Xiaobei found that Jiu'er, who was walking in front, paused, and his little head hung lower, and he couldn't help but feel a little sad.

Jiu'er's house was in the westernmost part of the village, and inside the low fence gate, there was a row of four houses with mud walls, the dilapidated walls were cracked by half a foot, and the outer parts of the walls were supported by several large rafters.

As soon as Jiu'er entered the courtyard, she heard a sharp female voice say: "You dead girl, you have only been out for a long time, and then you will come back, and you will think about stealing and playing tricks every day." ”

As he spoke, a woman in her twenties came out of the house with a curtain, dressed in really good floral clothes, with a yellow and thin face, a pair of slender eyes and slightly high cheekbones.

Jiu'er carried the child on her back, took a step back with some fear, and said to the woman in a timid voice: "Fourth sister-in-law, they are looking for my sixth brother." ”

Jiu'er's fourth sister-in-law, Li Xianglan, picked up the curtain and came out and saw Gu Xiaobei and a few people, and now when she heard that she was looking for Chen Gang, she was stunned, and said a little embarrassed: "What are you looking for my sixth brother?" ”

At this time, the child who had been quiet on Jiu'er's back cried "wow", Li Xianglan glared at Jiu'er fiercely, hugged the child in the past, and pushed Jiu'er hard: "Useless things, even a child can't look good." ”

Jiu'er was pushed, took a few steps back, and stood against the wall, always keeping his head down, and didn't dare to squeak.

Gu Xiaobei's heart hurt, she seemed to see that in her previous life, she was scolded by her aunt because her hand slipped and broke a bowl when she was washing dishes, and she was also leaning against the wall like this at that time. She was only six years old that year.

Li Fengmei frowned on the side, and said with some displeasure: "Who is in charge of your family, let's take a look at the potatoes." ”

When Li Xianglan heard this, she quickly turned around and said with a smile: "The fourth child of my family is in charge, you wait in the courtyard for a while, and I will go to the field to call him." As he spoke, he shouted Jiu'er: "Are you a dead man?" What are you doing with a pestle? Hurry up and move a few stools for the guests to sit on. After speaking, he glared at Jiu'er with disgust, and went out with the child in his arms.

Gu Xiaobei's chest gathered a wave of anger, this Li Xianglan was too much.

Jiu'er saw that Li Xianglan was gone, so she went into the house and moved a few stools out.

Gu Xiaobei took the stool brought by Jiu'er and asked gently, "How old are you this year?" ”

"Nine." Jiu'er stood aside, twisted her fingers stiffly, and replied in a low voice.

Gu Xiaobei took a breath, but the nine-year-old child looked like he was only five or six years old, which was completely caused by malnutrition.

Li Fengmei asked curiously: "Jiu'er, where are your parents?" ”

"My father is gone, my mother is sick, lying in the house, unable to get out of bed." Jiu'er's voice was as small as a mosquito humming.

Gu Xiaobei looked at the dilapidated house, and his heart was a little sore.

After a while, Li Xianglan led her husband Chen Qiang back, and Chen Gang also followed, Chen Qiang looked like a simple and honest person, Chen Gang was relatively thin and small, carrying a hoe.

Chen Qiang smiled honestly and said, "You came to see my potatoes? ”

Gu Xiaobei nodded with a smile: "Yes, how many potatoes do you have in your house?" ”

"We planted in terraced fields on the hills, and we couldn't water them, and the ground was very thin, and the potatoes grew small." Chen Qiang told the truth.

Li Xianglan hugged the child, and when she heard this, she secretly kicked Chen Qiang, with some dissatisfaction on her face.

Gu Xiaobei smiled: "That's fine, anyway, it's my own family." ”

Chen Qiang was happy to hear this, turned his head and said to Li Xianglan: "Xianglan, you go get some lunch, they have come all the way, and after eating, they have to rush back." ”

Li Xianglan reluctantly handed the child to Chen Qiang, walked up to Jiu'er, stretched out her hand and patted Jiu'er on the head: "Why are you standing here stupidly?" Let's go, let's go on fire. ”

Chen Qiang didn't squeak, teasing the child in his arms, as if all this was commonplace.

Chen Gang stood aside, staring at Li Xianglan's back with his eyes, clenching his two fists tightly, but he dared not speak angrily.

Gu Xiaobei frowned, it seemed that this Jiu'er was often abused at home, and he couldn't help but feel uncomfortable again.

Dadong happily said to Chen Gang: "Chen Gang, we bought your potatoes, and you will have money to go to school." ”

Chen Gang pursed his lips and did not speak. Chen Qiang said with a look of embarrassment: "The family really doesn't have rich money for them to go to school." My mother's illness is still causing a lot of famine. ”

"Chen Gang, how old are you?" Gu Xiaobei really felt sorry for the brother and sister.

"I'll be eleven by October." Although Chen Gang is young, he is neither humble nor arrogant in answering questions. It made Gu Xiaobei like it a little more.

"Did Jiu'er go to school?" Gu Xiaobei still thinks more about the little girl who is very similar to him when he was a child in his previous life.

"No, we don't want girls to go to school." Chen Qiang took over and said.

"Why can't girls go to school?" Gu Xiaobei was strange.

"Our girl said that she was fifteen or sixteen, and it was useless to read so many books, as long as she was taught money at home, she knew a man and woman when she went out, and she didn't go to the wrong door when she went to the toilet." Chen Qiang explained.

Gu Xiaobei didn't bother to listen to this, and said to Chen Gang: "If I sponsor you and Jiu'er to go to school, are you two willing?" ”

Chen Gang's eyes lit up: "Auntie, is what you said true?" I want to read, and I want my sister to read. ”

Li Fengmei secretly dragged Gu Xiaobei's clothes and sponsored the two children to go to school, just Lu Zhanguo's salary alone, it is not rich, they will have their own children in the future. She didn't know that Gu Xiaobei made money translating manuscripts for the publishing house.

Chen Gang was very sensitive, and when he saw Li Fengmei's small move, his eyes immediately darkened, and he lowered his head and stopped talking.

Gu Xiaobei deeply understood how sensitive such a child was, and said softly: "Chen Gang, aunt's words count, but you and Jiu'er have to study hard." ”

Chen Gang nodded, a little excited, and his eyes were red. Chen Qiang was silent.

For lunch, Li Xianglan boiled a pot of potatoes and mixed an old cucumber shredded. Boil half a pot of porridge. The porridge can shine a human figure.

Li Xianglan handed the child to Jiu'er, and then asked everyone to sit down to eat, and she also sat down to eat. Let Jiu'er coax the child on the side.