As the days passed, after Lingzhi passed the pregnancy reflection period, her stomach began to protrude, although Lingzhi felt that it was fine, but Mrs. Hong was very concerned, and came to the cloth shop every day with stewed supplements, and Lingzhi had to put down the work in her hand and watch her finish eating and drinking all kinds of tonics, before leaving with confidence. As soon as Hong Shun got off work, he hurried back to the cloth shop to help, closed the door with Xiaohua, and then went home with Lingzhi.

One day at noon, I saw a person from the police station walking into the cloth shop with a Japanese prisoner of war in tattered clothes, Xiaohua was stunned, and quickly walked to Lingzhi's side and blinked her eyes, Lingzhi sat inside and looked up, and felt very surprised.

"Is the boss there?" The police station came over and asked Lingzhi.

"What's the matter with you?" Lingzhi stood up and asked.

"Oh, you're the master sewing in this shop, come, you measure him and make him a new garment. This guy somehow cut his clothes like this. ”

Lingzhi looked over and saw that the man in tattered clothes was majestic, with messy hair, tightly knit brows, small eyes, closed lips, and his hands were handcuffed, and his face was expressionless at the police station. Lingzhi put down his work and walked out, let him raise his hand, he didn't even seem to hear, the person from the police station told Lingzhi that this was a Japanese war criminal, imprisoned in a prisoner of war camp, he couldn't understand Chinese, there was only one interpreter in the camp, because there were too many prisoners of war, he couldn't be busy, so he let him bring it over.

Later, under the demonstration of the people at the police station, the Japanese prisoners of war obediently raised their hands, and let Lingzhi measure him before and after, Xiaohua stood aside with a notebook and recorded it, and after Lingzhi finished measuring him, he saw that his clothes were too tattered, so he took out a needle and thread and stood for him to sew up the torn hole, and the people from the police station said with some puzzlement:

"You don't need to sew him, he is a Japanese prisoner of war, how many of us they killed on the battlefield, it is good enough to live in our ancient city without worrying about eating, drinking and working."

"Then what are you bringing him here to make clothes?" Lingzhi said without raising his head while sewing.

"This ......," the person from the police station didn't know what to say for a while.

The Japanese prisoner of war didn't know what he muttered, everyone didn't understand, and when he was about to sew it, Boss Hong came back, and the person from the police station dropped a sentence of "make the clothes and send them to the shelter to receive pay" and took the Japanese prisoner of war back. After Boss Hong asked the reason for Lingzhi, he guessed in his heart that it would probably be a loss-making business, but he thought that he couldn't provoke the government, so he had to give up.

At night, Lingzhi sat in front of the oil lamp and said to Hong Shun while sewing:

"What the Japanese prisoner of war said today is so strange, hey, wow."

"He spoke Japanese." Hong Shun said.

"How long will they be in the ancient city? Will you be shot? Lingzhi asked.

"It's not clear, the two countries are still at war anyway." Hong Shun said.

"Then after this dress is ready, you can accompany me to the shelter, my father said that maybe the government will not pay." Lingzhi said.

"Alas, today's government is all scraping the people's fat and people's ointment, where can they still take care of the people. I hope this kind of thing will not find our family in the future. Hong Shun said.

In the afternoon of this day, Hong Shun found a free time, took leave to Chief Liu, and Lingzhi came to the shelter with sewn clothes, Hong Shun explained his intention to the guards standing guard in front of the door, the guards let the two of them stand and wait, and they went in to report, after a while, the guards came out, led the two into the gate, entered the yard, faced by a two-story house, the doors and windows are in the shape of a garden arc, the guards took the two up the stairs, came to the door of a room, the guards stood upright, shouted "report", and took the two people in, There was a man who looked like a chief sitting in the room, holding a book in his hand, and when he heard the sound of the guards coming in, he raised his head, looked Hong Shun and Lingzhi up and down, and said:

"It's pretty fast, just put it here."

"Then ......" Lingzhi didn't have time to say the word "salary" when he was stopped and interrupted by Hong Shun.

Hong Shun motioned to Lingzhi and took the burden from Lingzhi's hand, carefully placed it on the table, and kept smiling with his face.

"Sir, can you ask the Japanese prisoner of war to come out and try it, if there is something inappropriate, I will take it back and change it." Lingzhi said stubbornly.

The chief raised his eyes and looked at Lingzhi for a while, then nodded and asked the guards to call Ma to translate, and then go together to bring the Japanese prisoner of war. Lingzhi and Hong Shun kept standing and waiting, and the chief didn't let the two of them sit, just looked down at the book in his hand, Lingzhi couldn't help but glared at the chief, and a wave of anger surged in his heart, Hong Shun kept giving Lingzhi a look, signaling her to be patient. After a while, several people walked in, and I saw that the Japanese prisoner of war kept shouting, but as soon as he saw Lingzhi, he immediately stopped, and his eyes instantly became docile. Seeing that he was still wearing the tattered clothes, Lingzhi walked over and picked up the newly made clothes and handed them to him, and the Ma translator immediately told him in Japanese to take off his old clothes and put on new clothes, and the Japanese prisoners of war immediately did so, and after putting on the clothes, the Japanese prisoners of war turned to Lingzhi and bowed deeply to Lingzhi, making everyone in a daze for a while, not understanding what he meant. The commander waved his hand and asked the guards and Ma Yi to take the Japanese prisoner of war back, but there was still no intention of paying Lingzhi and Hong Shun in his eyes, Lingzhi picked up the tattered clothes that the Japanese prisoner of war took off and rolled them into a ball, glared at the commander fiercely, and walked out of the door and went downstairs with Hong Shun, the two of them stood in the courtyard and looked back, left the shelter with a helpless face, and slowly returned home along the river embankment.

"This man is so hateful that he doesn't even have a little gratitude, as if he should have done it for them." Lingzhi said indignantly.

"I've seen a lot of these people, and if I have a little power in my hands, I will look down on people." Hong Shun comforted Lingzhi Dao.

"I'm not reluctant to make a dress for that Japanese prisoner of war, and you see that people know how to thank them. It's just that when I see the appearance of the chief, I can't get angry. Lingzhi casually folded a thatch, took it in his hand, folded it into two pieces, and said.

"Don't worry about such people, just think of accidentally dropping money into the river, don't be angry, your body is important." Hong Shun said as he held Lingzhi's shoulder.

The two walked for a while, Lingzhi looked back and saw that Hong Shun was still holding the tattered clothes for her, so he asked Hong Shun to throw it away, Hong Shun looked left and right, and was preparing his clothes to throw into a garbage field on the side of the road, Lingzhi thought about it for a while, and felt that it was better to take it back and scrub it clean, and then find a chance to return it to the Japanese prisoner of war in the future.

After returning home, Lingzhi soaked the clothes in the laundry tub, Hong Shun saw this and quickly came over to help wash, but the neckline of the clothes was very hard, it was very difficult to wash, Lingzhi felt so strange, thought about it, and let Hong Shun take the scissors, cut the neckline, only to see a white plastic bag hidden inside, rolled a letter paper, Lingzhi and Hong Shun slowly unfolded the letter, it turned out to be a letter, written in Japanese and Chinese respectively, Lingzhi saw the word "Fengying" written in the back of the payment, and immediately with Hong Shun was stunned, The two slowly looked at it together, and saw that the Chinese was written like this:

Yoshino-kun:

Just after the wedding, you were sent to the battlefield, and from then on I will be with you all over the world, and I don't know when you will be able to return to your hometown.

Because I am Chinese, I can't leave Japan at this time, and I am still restricted everywhere. Is war really as great and sacred as the Japanese emperor said?

You say that you want to obey the emperor, serve the country, and leave behind your children, but how many innocent civilians will be injured in the war between the two countries, and how many people will die on the battlefield, and I just want to be safe and sound with you.

Yoshino-kun, I don't want to see you kill my compatriots, and you say that you won't let your hands get blood, but I hope you can do what you say, I'm waiting for you to come back, and let's go to Mt. Fuji, cherry blossom viewing, and tea ceremony.

Fengying

Lingzhi and Hong Shun couldn't help but look at each other, the two of them were not sure whether it was Fengying for a while, Hong Shun asked Lingzhi to put away the letter, Lingzhi still packed the letter in the white plastic bag, went back to the house and put it in his dresser drawer, and then washed the clothes and dried them on the clothes pole.

Before going to bed at night, Lingzhi leaned against Hong Shun's chest and said:

"You say, could it really be Fengying?"

"You've asked so many times today, who knows? In such a big China, there must be people with the same name and surname. Hong Shun said.

"But I always feel like a hero. Otherwise, let's go to the shelter again tomorrow and ask. Lingzhi said.

"You're still going, I don't want to see that sir again, besides, we'll have to find a reason." Hong Shun said.

"Let's just say it's a gift of clothes, let's mainly go to see the Japanese prisoner of war. But what if he doesn't understand what we're saying? "Lingzhi is guilty.

"I have to find the Ma translator first, the Ma translator often goes to the house to run errands, and I have bumped into him several times." Hong Shun said.

"Then you'll try it tomorrow with a translator." Lingzhi said.

"Okay, go to sleep." Hong Shun pulled the quilt to cover the Ganoderma lucidum tightly and pulled down the mosquito net.

One day Hong Shun was doing copywriting in the office, and Ma Yi walked in, saw Hong Shun and asked:

"May I ask if Chief Liu is here?"

"What's the matter with you? Ma Translation. Hong Shun stopped and said.

"You are? Oh, I remember, we met at the asylum that day. I want to report to Chief Liu about the prisoners of war in the detention center, it was not my job, but I really can't stand it, prisoners of war are also people, I can't treat them like this. The Ma translator counted down in a row.

"No wonder I went with my daughter-in-law to deliver clothes that day and couldn't get the money, so that's the case." Hong Shun said as he poured a glass of water for Ma Yi and invited him to sit down.

"You saw it all that day, alas!" Ma Translator took a sip of water.

"I'm a little curious about the Japanese prisoner of war who made the clothes, and although he can't understand Chinese, he can see that he understands etiquette." Hong Shun said tentatively.

"You mean Yoshino Taiwolf, he was originally a doctor, he was sent to China just after marriage, he thought he was with the army to save the wounded, but when he saw the Japanese all kinds of brutality and indiscriminate killing of innocents against the Chinese, he was shocked, at first he tried to stop it, but it didn't work, and then he directly raised against this aggression to his superiors, but was punished by the military, so people began to become passive, and after being captured in a battle, he was transferred to the ancient city with the prisoners of war." Ma said as a translator.

"Do you know what's going on in his house?" Hong Shun asked.

"I don't know very well, I was drawn temporarily." Ma said as a translator.

Hong Shun sat and chatted with Ma Yi for a while, but he never saw Chief Liu come back, and Ma Yi said that he could not delay here for too long, so he got up and said goodbye. Soon after the Ma translator left, Chief Liu finally returned, and Hong Shun told Chief Liu about the Ma translation, and after hearing this, Chief Liu pondered for a long time, because this "Second Prison of the National Government" was under the direct management of the superiors, and it was not good for him to intervene rashly, but in the territory under his jurisdiction, he could not turn a deaf ear, otherwise once the superiors investigated it, he would not be able to escape the involvement, and after thinking about it, he finally decided to report to the higher level.

A month later, the superior assigned a Wang officer, in his thirties, mentally refined, with bright eyes, speaking and doing things in an orderly manner, Chief Liu was busy welcoming Officer Wang to the house, after Secretary Wang explained his intentions, Chief Liu sincerely reported to Officer Wang the situation of the detention center Ma interpreter, Officer Wang decided to visit the shelter first, but asked Chief Liu not to inform the shelter in advance, so that it was easier to truly understand the situation, Chief Liu nodded and said yes. Then he instructed Hong Shun to go down and arrange a residence for Wang Gan in advance, and accompany him to the shelter early tomorrow morning.

After Hong Shun arranged for Secretary Wang's food and lodging, he went home and told Lingzhi about the situation, and Lingzhi asked Hong Shun to take the letter with him, and after going to the shelter tomorrow, he would wait for an opportunity to get close to Yoshino Taiwolf, hand him back the letter first, and then find a way to inquire about his family.

The next day, accompanied by Chief Liu and Hong Shun, the three of them walked towards the shelter together. Standing on the bow of the boat and looking around the banks of the river, there was a charm of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, and he lamented that the superiors had sent the Japanese prisoners of war to live in such a beautiful place for education and transformation, far away from the battlefield of war and gunpowder, and their hearts would gradually become calm, slowly breed a yearning for a better life, and stimulate their sense of justice to oppose the war and maintain peace, which was very beneficial to the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan. Chief Liu nodded vigorously when he heard this.

The three of them came to the shelter, Hong Shun stepped forward to explain his intention to the guards standing guard, the guards looked at them and recognized Chief Liu, so they were led by a guard into the gate of the shelter, and after Officer Wang stood and looked around the situation of the entire compound, he did not go upstairs directly, but passed through the arc-shaped door of the middle garden, and entered the prisoner of war detention area in the backyard, and saw several prisoners of war basking in the courtyard in the open space, and when they came in, they all stared at them with a hostile gaze, and Officer Wang took the lead and walked through the prisoner of war rooms to check carefully, Seeing some Japanese prisoners of war squatting together smoking cigarettes, some banging on doors and windows and shouting, some fighting with each other, one of them was a husband and wife who were relatively quiet, the man was reading in the light shining in front of the window, and the woman was sitting on the bed folding her clothes.

At this time, I suddenly heard a shout, it turned out to be a few prisoners of war in a prisoner of war room next door, two prisoners of war pulled each other and did not let each other, the guards hurriedly ran over, whistled but still could not stop, the sentry on the watchtower immediately sent a signal, the guards on duty in the front building, the horse interpreter and the chief all attracted a smoke and ran over.

"What are you doing, do you want to rebel? I was full and panicked. The officer on duty in the front building shouted loudly as he walked over.

"Report." The whistling guard saluted the chief.

"What's going on?" The chief asked.

"The two prisoners of war didn't know why they fought." The guard replied.

"Ma translator, go and ask." The chief turned to Ma Yi and said.

Interpreter Ma walked over and chatted with the two Japanese prisoners of war for a while, then came back and said:

"The two of them clashed over the war." Ma Yi came back and said to the chief.

"They have come to invade China and become prisoners of war, what else is there to argue about, punish them to clean the yard." After the chief finished speaking, he was about to turn around and leave, when he suddenly heard a woman's shout, Ma Yi immediately ran over, it turned out to be the couple, the man fell into the woman's arms, the woman kept shaking the man's head and calling, after Ma Interpreter asked about the situation, he quickly asked the guards to fetch water, at this time, I saw Yoshino wolf rushing out of the crowd, running into the house and picking up the man and walking out of the room and putting it in the yard, and at the same time let the onlookers disperse, kneeling on the ground while pinching the person while doing artificial respiration, The woman crouched anxiously to the side and stared at the man, and after a while, the man finally woke up, and the woman couldn't help but pounce on him, hugging him tightly and saying something.

Yoshino Wolf stood up and muttered a few words to the Ma translator, who stood up and said to the chief:

"It's syncope caused by malnutrition and poor ventilation in the room."

"To be able to live here, to eat and drink, and to be particular about how many Chinese they have killed in the past, it is already interesting enough to treat them like this now, and I want to ask for this and that." The chief said impatiently.

Ma Yi didn't know how to tell the chief for a while, so he had to frown and shake his head.

"That's not a good word." I saw that Officer Wang pushed aside the crowd and walked towards the chief, Chief Liu and Hong Shun followed him, after Ma Yi looked up and saw Chief Liu and Hong Shun, he was startled at first, and couldn't help but look at the three of them with expectant eyes, and the chief was first stunned, but after seeing Chief Liu, he hurriedly asked:

"Who is this?"

"This is Officer Wang sent by his superiors." Chief Liu introduced.

"It is against the rules for you to treat Japanese prisoners of war like this. Although they are guilty of invading our China, we must educate and reform them ideologically, so that they can truly realize the crimes they have committed from the conscience, instead of treating them in such a simple and rude way. Officer Wang then stood up one step and asked Ma Interpreter to follow him to help the translator and preach to all the Japanese prisoners of war:

"Don't panic, you have just been transferred to the ancient city shelter, the facilities here are still very imperfect, and many places are still not well considered, which has caused you all kinds of inconveniences in life, please forgive me, we will soon find a way to improve it." It is our usual policy to give preferential treatment to prisoners, and if you have any ideas and demands, you can put them forward to us, and we will definitely do our best to solve them for you. ”

After hearing this, the translator Ma was very excited to translate sentence by sentence for everyone, and cast a trusting look at Officer Wang, and the Japanese prisoners of war were also impressed by Secretary Wang, and Secretary Wang asked the guards to help pick up the couple and walk back to the room, and at the same time dismissed the prisoners of war, and then took Chief Liu towards the canteen, and the chief had to accompany him when he saw this scene. Hong Shun squeezed into the crowd, quietly approached Yoshino Wolf, and gently stuffed the letter in his hand, Yoshino Wolf was stunned at first, took the letter and then looked at Hong Shun with a puzzled face, he didn't know what to say, Ma Translator heard it and walked over, Hong Shun asked Ma Translator to tell him, saying that his old clothes were sewn up for him again, and he could pick it up another day. After listening to Ma's translation, Yoshino nodded at Hong Shun, a rare smile appeared on his face, and at the same time squeezed the note in his hand tightly.

In the cafeteria, Officer Wang carefully checked the diet of the Japanese prisoners of war, turned around and instructed Chief Liu to get some supplements for the couple in the afternoon, and Chief Liu nodded in agreement. The commander stepped forward to explain to Officer Wang the food standards of the Japanese prisoners of war, saying that these were all stipulated by the superiors, and sometimes the superiors did not supply them in time, and it was inevitable that they would eat poorly. Officer Wang nodded thoughtfully, and said that in the future, he would report to his superiors to ensure that the livelihood of the Japanese prisoners of war was in place in a timely manner. When the chief heard this, he stopped squeaking, and only followed Officer Wang to check the various places in the shelter before going upstairs and entering the officer's office.

The chief quickly pulled out a chair for Officer Wang to sit down, and went to pour tea and salute it himself, Chief Liu and Hong Shun stood on the side, and Officer Wang asked him to take out the roster of Japanese prisoners of war, and then read it carefully and carefully, and after reading it, he asked some other information, then stood up and said goodbye, and left the shelter with Chief Liu and Hong Shun, and returned to the mansion.

Yoshino Wolf followed the prisoners of war and walked back to his room, sat at the head of the bed and unfolded the note in his hand to look at it carefully, a line of tears welled up in the frame of his eyes, Yoshino Wolf wiped away the tears with his hands, refolded the note, carefully placed it in his pocket, and then sat at the head of the bed with his hands on his head and thought, until the guards summoned him to eat.

In the cafeteria, Yoshino Taiwolf met Ma Yi, the two of them ate and sat at a table together, Yoshino Taiwolf asked Ma Yiyi what the origin of the commander who came today, and Ma Taiwolf told him that this is to reorganize the management of the shelter, there will definitely be changes, and the Japanese prisoners of war will no longer be allowed to live like this. Yoshino nodded his head again and again when he heard this, and gave a thumbs up to Ma Yiyi. After the two finished eating, they went back to their rooms separately.

After Hong Shun returned home, he told Lingzhi what had happened, and Lingzhi said happily with an eight-month-old pregnancy:

"That commander deserves it, I don't know how much money he withheld from the prisoners of war behind his back."

"I heard that Chief Liu said that he may have to be replaced." Hong Shun said.

"The! I just don't know what will happen to that Yoshino after reading the letter? Will he come to us? Lingzhi asked.

"Surely, he's still wearing this garment." Hong Shun said.

Seeing that Lingzhi was becoming more and more inconvenient because of her pregnancy, Boss Hong and Mrs. Hong asked Lingzhi to go to the cloth shop less, and most of the matters in the cloth shop were handed over to Xiaohua to take care of. But Lingzhi couldn't be idle, and heard the neighbors around her say that pregnant women should move around more, so that the delivery could go smoothly, so they still went to the cloth shop every now and then to have a look, Mrs. Hong couldn't dissuade her, so she had to let her.

On this day, Xiaohua was taking care of the cloth shop alone, only to see a young man wearing Miao costume hesitantly walked into the cloth shop, Xiaohua turned around and was about to say hello, but was stunned all of a sudden.

"Xiaohua, I didn't mistake you, did I?" The Miao guy asked.

"Brother Alang, why are you here?" Xiaohua asked, her eyes widened in surprise.

"Since I left you last time, I haven't seen you, I went to your house to look for it, but I saw that your house had already been buried by the collapsed hillside, I thought you were gone, two days ago I happened to see you on the street, and I thought I had lost my eyes, so I followed you all the way, and saw you enter this cloth shop, only to know that you are doing things here." Ah Lang said anxiously.

Xiaohua sat down at the table, poured him a cup of tea, and said:

"After my father and mother were gone, I asked for food all the way to the city, and I met this shop to recruit people, but fortunately I knew how to do needlework, so I asked me to help in this store. Brother Alang, have you eaten? Xiaohua asked with concern.

"Not yet, I don't have any money, I haven't eaten for several days." Ah Lang said dejectedly.

Xiaohua hurriedly took out two copper plates from her pocket, ready to hand them to Ah Lang, after thinking about it, she decided to go out to buy food for Ah Lang, so she asked Ah Lang to sit in the store and wait for her for a while, she went and came back, Ah Lang nodded, and Xiaohua ran out.

Ah Lang picked up the cup and took a sip of tea, slowly looked around the cloth shop, his eyes finally fell on the cashier's counter, Ah Lang tried to stand up, the cat bent his waist and walked gently towards the cashier's counter, when he was about to reach the cashier's counter, he saw a figure walking in, Ah Lang quickly stood up straight and turned his back, pretending to be looking at the fabric carelessly.

The person who came was Lingzhi, Lingzhi slowly stepped into the door with his hands on the door frame, and when he saw that Xiaohua was not there, he looked around, and when he saw Ah Lang alone in the store, he walked over and asked:

"Are you here to buy cloth?"

"I ......" Ah Lang was not knowing how to answer Lingzhi, when Xiaohua ran in with a few meat buns in his hand.

"Brother Alang, give, your favorite meat bun." Xiaohua said breathlessly.

"Xiaohua, who is he?" Lingzhi asked.

"Oh, he's ...... My brother. Xiaohua didn't expect Lingzhi to come, and she didn't think about how to answer for a while, so she said in a hurry.

"Your brother?" Lingzhi asked hesitantly, but seeing Xiaohua's uneasy appearance, he didn't ask any more, turned around and walked into the desk and sat down.

Xiaohua stood beside Ah Lang and watched him gobble up the buns, drank another sip of tea, burped twice, then gently pulled the corner of his clothes, and motioned for him to leave with his eyes, Ah Lang turned to look at Lingzhi, and then looked at Xiaohua, seemed to understand something, so he stood up and nodded at Lingzhi, and then slowly walked out of the store under Xiaohua's gaze, Xiaohua sent him to the door and said something to him, and Ah Lang reluctantly left.

Lingzhi saw them like this, his heart was full of doubts, since Xiaohua came to the store to help, he had never seen any relatives in Xiaohua's old family, and Xiaohua once said that there were no relatives at home, but today a brother appeared for no reason, and Xiaohua looked like that. Therefore, Lingzhi made up her mind not to ask Xiaohua anything, and waited for Xiaohua to explain to her by herself.

Xiaohua turned back to the store, guessing that Lingzhi must have asked herself something, so she walked over to sort out the fabric, but Lingzhi was still cutting clothes with her head down, Xiaohua had no idea, thinking about how to explain the reason to Lingzhi, but she was worried that once she said it, she was afraid that Lingzhi would not want her to stay in the cloth shop anymore, so she hesitated, and the two of them did their own things until Hong Shun got off work to help close the door.

"How many times have I told you that you don't want to come here because you are inconvenient, but you just won't listen. What if something goes wrong? Hong Shun complained as he walked with Lingzhi.

"I'm fine, sitting at home all the time is not good for childbirth, people say that you have to move around more, and the birth will go well." Lingzhi comforted Hong Shundao.

"You're a hard worker." Hong Shun said with a wry smile.

Lingzhi originally wanted to tell Hong Shun about seeing Xiaohua today, but he thought that it was not good to say it without evidence, so it was better to take a look first and then talk about it, so as not to worry Hong Shun.

For a few days, Xiaohua was restless in the store, and when no one was around, she couldn't help but look at the door of the store, looking forward to Ah Lang's reappearance, but Ah Lang had been coming, which made Xiaohua wonder in her heart, and she was also listless when she started to do things, all of which made Lingzhi look at it, but she didn't say anything.

On this day, Lingzhi was sleepy, so he couldn't help sleeping at home for a while, so he didn't go to the cloth shop. Xiaohua took care of the store alone, and after sending the guests away, she saw Ah Lang stepping into the store with a brisk step, Xiaohua couldn't help but be surprised, and rushed straight into Ah Lang's arms and shouted:

"Why haven't you been here for the past few days, I'm so worried."

"Xiaohua, when I make money, I'll take you away." Ah Lang soothed Xiaohua and said.

"What are you doing now?" Xiaohua asked.

"I'm working in a museum, and now I want to ask you for some money to turn around, and I'll make a lot of money when I'm done." Ah Lang whispered.

"That's all I have, is that enough?" Xiaohua quickly took out all the copper plates from her pocket and handed them to Ah Lang.

"That's too little, do you have anything else?" Ah Lang said as he counted the copper plates.

"No, all mine is here." Xiaohua shook her head and said.

Ah Lang looked around, his eyes swept to the cashier's counter, and whispered to Xiaohua:

"You take some out of there and give it to me first, and I'll bring it back to you tomorrow, anyway, no one sees it now."

"This?" Xiaohua hesitated, looked at the cash register, and then looked at Ah Lang, not knowing what to do for a while.

"Hurry up, it won't be easy to do when someone comes." Ah Lang urged.

Xiaohua hesitantly walked to the cash register, shook his hand to open the drawer, took out a few silver tickets from it, and quickly closed the drawer, Ah Lang grabbed the silver ticket and counted it, and put it in his pocket, at this time Boss Hong walked in, Ah Lang looked around pretending to be fine, and took the opportunity to give Xiaohua a look, and then turned to leave. Boss Hong walked into the cashier's counter, opened the drawer and looked at it briefly, and asked about the business situation in the Xiaohua shop today, Xiaohua squinted at Boss Hong's actions, and when he saw Boss Hong's question, he answered perfunctorily, but his heart "knocked" and jumped non-stop, deliberately turned around to sort out the fabric, and Boss Hong no longer asked.

However, the next day, Ah Lang did not come over to repay the money, which made Xiaohua restless, worried about being discovered, and when she was anxious, she saw Ah Lang with a blue nose and swollen face, blood from the corners of his mouth, and stumbling into the store, followed by two big men.

"Brother Alang, what's wrong with you?" Xiaohua saw that she was busy helping Ah Lang.

"Xiaohua, I'm sorry for you, can you give me some more money?" Ah Lang knelt down and said.

"What are you ......" Xiaohua panicked for a moment.

"Hurry up and get the money, or I'll kill him." Two big men came over and shouted.

"Xiaohua, you can help me, I owe them money." Ah Lang said crying.

Xiaohua was embarrassed, Lingzhi walked into the store with a big belly, and when she saw this, she was first taken aback, and then walked to Xiaohua and asked:

"Xiaohua, what's going on?"

"I don't know how he owes someone money outside, and I'm chasing him for it." Little Lace cried as she spoke.

"What the hell is going on?" Lingzhi asked Ah Lang, and Ah Lang looked at Lingzhi and lowered his head in shame.

"This kid went to our gambling hall to gamble money, and he didn't pay off the debt he owed us, so he has to pay it all off today, otherwise he will break his leg." A big man said.

"Xiaohua, tell me, who are you? I've been waiting for you to explain it to me, but you've been hiding it, I don't know what you're thinking? Lingzhi walked over to the chair and sat down.

Xiaohua hesitated for a moment, walked to Lingzhi and knelt down and said:

"He was my friend, we met during a 'wandering', and after the disaster in my house, I couldn't find him, so I came to the city. I didn't expect him to come, he told me a few days ago that he was working in a museum, I believed him, and gave him all the money on his body, but I didn't expect him to gamble money, not to mention the loss of money, but also owed gambling debts, and now he is being chased by others. Sister Lingzhi, please save him. ”

"How much does he owe you?" Boss Hong walked into the store and said.

"Daddy." Lingzhi exclaimed.

"Thirty copper plates are owed to us." A big man said.

Boss Hong walked into the cashier counter, opened the drawer, took out a silver ticket and handed it to Dahan and said:

"Take it, and from now on, the two will be clear, and there will be no more to do with it."

The two big men put away the tickets, turned and walked out of the store. Lingzhi was about to stand up and say something, Boss Hong waved her hand to signal that she didn't need to say anything, and Xiaohua hurriedly pulled Ah Lang to thank Boss Hong.

During dinner, Boss Hong pondered for a long time and finally spoke:

"I thought about it again, but I still want to quit Xiaohua."

"Why? Isn't Xiaohua doing a good job? How did you think of firing her? Mrs. Hong asked, puzzled.

"Yes, Lingzhi is inconvenient now, and I have to rely on Xiaohua to help." Hong Shun said.

"I originally wanted to keep her, but it would be a big taboo in business, so I still had to quit ruthlessly, and let's find someone slowly." Boss Hong then told Mrs. Hong and Hong Shun what happened in the cloth shop.

Lingzhi ate and didn't speak, although he was very distressed when he thought of Xiaohua's pitiful appearance today, but it was not good to go against his father's wishes, thinking that what his father said was also reasonable, and it was nothing if he worked hard now, so he said to his father tentatively:

"This little flower has been in the store to help for a while, if it weren't for this, but I would be reluctant to quit, seeing her and that Ah Lang so down, quit her, it is estimated that they will not be able to find something to do for a while, can you give more money, so that they can go to beg for a living. Xiaohua is ingenious, has a little money to make a book, and will not be cold and hungry. ”

"Of course, as long as you don't get involved with the gambling house." Boss Hong said.

Lingzhi and Hong Shun returned to the room, Hong Shun helped Lingzhi lie down first, picked up the book and lay down next to Lingzhi to read, Lingzhi used his fingers to flick the buttons on Hong Shun's clothes, and muttered in his mouth:

"This little flower was only fifteen years old when she came to our store, but she had a good relationship before this, which really hurt her."

"Alas, there are many ethnic minorities who marry early and fall in love early, and I heard that some get married and have children when they are only ten years old, which is their custom." Hong Shun said with the book in his hand.

"That's how we decided, I wonder what Xiaohua will think tomorrow when she finds out?" Lingzhi said.

"Xiaohua must be reluctant to leave, but if she has this kind of involvement with that Ah Lang, then our cloth shop will be blackmailed from time to time, what Daddy said is reasonable, this is not only for Xiaohua's good, but also for the sake of our cloth shop. You will persuade Xiaohua tomorrow and explain her reason, especially that Ah Lang, you must not enter the gambling hall again. Hong Shun said.

"Okay." Lingzhi said.

The next day, Lingzhi and Mrs. Hong came to the cloth shop together, Xiaohua saw them, hurriedly ran over to help Lingzhi into the store and sat down, and turned around to pour tea, Lingzhi and Mrs. Hong looked at each other, and when there was no one else in the store, Lingzhi called Xiaohua over and said:

"Xiaohua, for this period of time, my body has been inconvenient, and it has been too hard for you."

"It's not hard, as long as my sister can use me, I'm willing to do whatever I want." Xiaohua said.

"How long have you been with that Aaron? How could you like such a person? Mrs. Hong asked.

Xiaohua was stunned for a moment, looked at Lingzhi, and then at Mrs. Hong, and lowered her head helplessly and said:

"When I met Brother Alang, Brother Alang was not like this, after he came to the city, he couldn't find anything to do, so he accidentally entered the gambling hall and let people chase after him to collect debts."

"Do you really like him?" Lingzhi asked.

"We've ......," Xiaohua was speechless for a moment.

"What has happened?" Mrs. Hung asked.

"I, I, I'm already his man." Xiaohua finally told the truth.

Lingzhi and Mrs. Hong looked at each other in surprise, and looked at Xiaohua in puzzlement, Mrs. Hong suddenly understood, and couldn't help shaking her head and said:

"Then you are determined to follow Ah Lang."

"If I don't follow him, no one else will want me." Xiaohua said crying.

"And what are you going to do in the future?" Lingzhi asked worriedly.

"I'll sell cloth in this shop, let Brother Alang find another errand to do, and when we make money, we will go back to the village together to get married." Xiaohua raised her head and said.

"I'm afraid it won't work." Lingzhi said.

"Why?" Xiaohua asked puzzled.

"Ah Lang is contaminated with that gambling house, as long as you are still in the city, there will be no quiet days, and our cloth shop will be implicated." Mrs. Hung said.

"What then?" Xiaohua asked blankly.

"The best way at the moment is for you to leave the ancient city with Ah Lang, although we are reluctant to you, but there is no way." Mrs. Hung said.

"Xiaohua, I really hoped that you could continue to do it in this shop, but I didn't expect you to do such a thing, since you have gotten along with Ah Lang, we will give you and Ah Lang a sum of money, so that you can settle down." Lingzhi said.

Xiaohua looked at Lingzhi and Mrs. Hong, and knew in her heart that no matter how much she asked for help, it was useless, and she only blamed her own bad life, so it was easy to come to the city to find a job to settle down, but Ah Lang was scattered, and the Lingzhi family also did their duty to themselves and Ah Lang, and it was no longer easy to embarrass others.

The next day, Lingzhi searched out a few pieces of clothes that he didn't often wear, Boss Hong also took out a few pieces of fabric, Lingzhi made a bag of clothes and fabrics, Hong Shun handed the bag to Xiaohua, Xiaohua and Ah Lang took it and thanked him, Boss Hong and Mrs. Hong handed Xiaohua a red envelope, and told them to live together in peace after they left the ancient city. Xiaohua and Ah Lang took the red envelope and nodded their heads in thanks, Hong Shun called a rickshaw and gave the driver the money, Xiaohua and Ah Lang got into the car and sat down, the coachman pulled and walked out of the city, Lingzhi waved goodbye to them with his stomach up.