When Duan Lianyi was ten years old, he was sold to Qing Yige by his father, and followed Qu Fu and his mother to learn how to be a prostitute.

In the past nine years, she has grown from an ignorant little girl to a big girl.

It's not that I didn't hope that Daddy would come back to her, but year after year, the small saplings in the courtyard of the Qingyi Pavilion have grown into towering trees, but she can only wander in this small world. Gradually, I no longer had this thought, and I only saved money with peace of mind, wanting to redeem myself.

What was she thinking at the time? She thought that Daddy must have felt that he couldn't stand her, so he had never seen her. In fact, she didn't care that she was sold by her father, and there was no way in that situation at that time, if two people kept wandering on the streets, both of them would starve to death, and both of them would survive if they sold her.

Look, she has been living a good life, much easier than back then, Daddy took her one hundred and twenty taels of money from selling her body, if she can do a small business, it is also good, or buy a small yard in the countryside, and farming is also excellent. Duan Lianyi looked forward to the future with joy, and when she saved enough money to redeem herself, she could also bring some savings to live with her father.

But this hope was soon destroyed by her father's own hands, and when Duan Lianyi was sixteen years old, her father came to her once.

She was seeing off a rough guest, tired and sore, and all she wanted was to take a hot shower as soon as possible and sleep comfortably. The chief worker came and knocked on her door, saying that someone was looking for her at the back door and asked him to come and report the news.

She stretched out tiredly: "Who? ”

"The man claimed to be your father." Long road.

She was stunned for a moment, making sure that she had heard correctly, and was stunned on the spot, almost impatiently put on her clothes, and stumbled downstairs, excited and happy, the person she had been looking forward to for many years had finally come to see her, and her only relative in this world had finally come to see her! How could she not rejoice?

She was even wondering if he was doing business and had a small success, and this time he was here to pick her up

Soon she knew how stupid her idea was, and the man standing at the back door was dark-faced, narrow-minded, much thinner than before, dressed in tattered clothes, and looked up at her, with empty eyes, as if he could not even recognize his own daughter. She was a little disappointed, her father obviously didn't come to pick her up, but she didn't say it, her father said that he was doing a bad job, maybe the business failed, maybe he suffered something, but anyway, it was her father.

So she asked him if he had come to see him on purpose. Although she saw his down-and-out appearance, she already understood a little in her heart, and she was afraid that she would come to her for money in desperation.

Sure enough, the man subconsciously shook his head, nodded again, and kept saying that he had come to see her on purpose, wanting to know how she was doing.

Duan Lianyi sneered, how could there be such a lovely father in the world?

Before the age of fifteen she was just a maid, if he wanted to ransom her, he only had to give the one hundred and twenty taels to his mother and take her, but after the age of fifteen she began to have a first man, and then a second and a third man who never came to see her! If you really miss her, why did it take six years to see her for the first time, or with such a depressed appearance?

She didn't expect him to do well, one hundred and twenty taels was enough for a frugal family to live for five or six years, if he could use the money to make a small business, or be an honest peasant, he would definitely not become like this.

So she asked, "What did Daddy do after he took the one hundred and twenty taels back then?" ”

The man hesitated a little, as if he was hesitating whether he should explain truthfully, and finally at her insistence, he muttered: "I took it to do a small business and lost money, so I made it like this." ”

"What kind of business did you do?"

The man's expression became more and more nervous: "I just did a small business casually, but I am not the material for business, in the end, I am either deceived by someone, or the things cannot be sold, so I can only deal with it at a low price, and I can't even get the cost back." ”

Duan Lianyi didn't answer, and looked at the ground quietly, not knowing what he was thinking. The man secretly glanced at her, and couldn't figure out what she meant, so he tentatively said again: "Girl, if you don't want to borrow a little money from Daddy, Daddy will definitely be careful this time, and he won't lose again."

The man said, waited for a while, but Duan Lianyi still didn't speak, he was a little anxious, and hurriedly said: "Daughter, you don't need a lot, just one hundred taels, one hundred taels is good, anyway, you have food and clothing now, one hundred taels should not be a lot of money for you, you can't earn more than one hundred taels a night."

Duan Lianyi's lips moved, and he didn't know what to say for a while: "Daddy, are you going to gamble" The breath on the man's body, as well as the haggard appearance on his face, and the dark blue appearance under his eyes, all looked like a gambler who often stayed up all night. Duan Lianyi has experienced a lot of things over the years, and these can still be seen.

Duan Lianyi was a little puzzled, was this person in front of him really the father he was familiar with? The honest and honest man, although he is not good at expressing his feelings, but has always treated her very well?

Undoubtedly, although he is old, his face has not changed much, his back is a little stiffer than before, when the two of them were hungry, he developed the habit of bending over and arching his back, not only has not changed it yet, but it is also more rickety than before.

Duan Lianyi looked at him, he was also looking at Duan Lianyi, smiled shyly, and called his daughter twice at a loss: "Girl, do you think one hundred taels are a hundred taels, Daddy, this is no way, if you think it's too high, then reduce it by twenty taels, eighty taels is not much, you can earn it by drinking tea with any uncle." ”

The man smiled, as if he didn't realize how hurtful his words were, and just stared at Duan Ripple, waiting for her to give him an answer.

Duan Lianyi's heart was cold, his lips moved, but he didn't know where to start, and it took a long time to hear his own voice, and asked coldly: "Daddy, are you going to gamble?" ”

The man immediately darkened his face, frowned and glared at her, and flatly denied it: "What nonsense are you talking about, there is nothing!" ”

Duan Lianyi froze, seeing that his face was full of anger, he didn't say anything, but in his heart, he felt that it was best for her to think too much about all this, and she naturally didn't want this thing to be true.

The man saw that her expression was cold, and he was a little panicked in his heart, for fear that he would anger her by saying something serious, so he hurriedly said: "Girl, Daddy I live on the outskirts of the city now, I bought a small yard there, there are many farmers in that area, I plan to use this silver to buy grain from them, and sell it to some big restaurants in Xuncheng, Beijing, and even the price I have negotiated about the same, this time I will definitely not lose money again, you can rest assured." ”

Duan Lianyi nodded, as if believing his words, and went into the house to fetch him a hundred taels.

At that time, she had only been receiving customers for a year, and although her mother had never treated her badly, she had raised her with good food and drink, but she would never give her too much silver, which she had saved by frugality, and had been rewarded by many benefactors, and she had exchanged all the precious jewelry and jade pieces for silver tickets without telling her mother and sisters.

Although Qing Yige lives well, eats well, and lives many times better than before, but serving people in Israel is not a long-term solution after all, she still needs to save some money, and when she is older, her mother will not need her, so she can redeem herself at a low price and find a small place to live for a lifetime.

This hundred taels is almost half of her savings.

When the man got her money, he went away in high spirits, saying that he would work hard to make more money.

didn't mention whether she would redeem herself after making money.

Looking at the figure of the man leaving in a hurry, Duan Lianyi couldn't help but think at that time, this person is really his father?

This thought trapped her for a long, long time, and she even gradually remembered some things that she had forgotten completely, when the two were wandering, her father seemed to want to sell her more than once, when Xu is a big family recruited slaves, Xu is a widowed lord wanted to accept the string

Duan Lianyi shook her head, wanting to shake these memories out of her mind, since it was her father, no matter what, she naturally hoped that he could live well. And in the situation of the two at the beginning, compared to starving to death with him, but selling her, the two of them can still have a trace of life.

Later, her father came to her several times, but all of them asked her for silver.

He said that the price of rice had risen, the cost of harvesting crops had also increased, and he could not have enough money to turn over, and he still needed a little silver.

He said that he had made a small amount of money and wanted to make the business bigger, so he opened a small workshop outside the city, and the money was not enough to spend, so he hoped that she would support a little more.

He said that he said that he would definitely give her back, this time just a little more, and when he made a lot of money, he would definitely let her go home in style, and asked her to stay away from these rights and wrongs, and be a good girl, and no longer be pointed at.

She was skeptical, but the silver still flowed into his arms, until one day she found that the money she had ransom was not enough, and she finally realized that the money she gave out was enough for her father to buy a large yard, why did his father have been in business for so long, and the clothes he was wearing were still tattered?

So she disguised herself and quietly followed the man after giving him a sum of money on one occasion.

After walking three streets, crossing two more bridges, and turning a corner, he walked into a gambling house.

"Yo, Duan Junsheng, you're here again today, don't you play tricks again this time, you almost pulled out your clothes when you lost last time, don't you have a long memory?" At the door of the gambling house are two gangster-like figures, and their thugs are dedicated to teaching troublesome customers.

The man looked afraid of them, and he had also been taught a lesson.

"Whereever, I have enough money today." The man grinned, pulled out a stack of silver tickets and a few pieces of broken silver from his bosom.

It's still warm, it's the redemption money that Duan Ripple has saved for many years, and he still expects to rely on this money to get himself out of the sea of misery and live the life that an ordinary girl's family should live.

"Cheng, where did you get so much silver, you old fellow, could it be that you went to steal it?" The two in front of the door laughed and looked contemptuous.

"Where, you two don't talk nonsense, I can count on this money to turn over today, I lost so badly a few days ago, and today I want to get it back with interest!" The man bared his teeth and looked arrogant, eager to try, and his face was full of the usual greed of a gambler.

"Cheng Chengcheng, then the two of us can wait for you to turn over the book, and don't forget to share our brother's two drinks when the time comes."

"Deler, borrow you two auspicious words." As the man spoke, he happily stuffed some silver into the man's hand, "Two big brothers, don't be polite, you can buy some wine and drink this money first." After that, he stuffed some silver into the palms of the two men, and then he approached the gambling house with the silver in his arms in his arms in his arms with his head held high.

Duan Lianyi didn't see his expression, but he could also imagine what a high-spirited face it must have been—he was gambling before he recklessly ransomed his daughter.

Duan Lianyi felt ridiculous, but she couldn't laugh.

The two men guarding the door saw the man's figure disappear in front of them, first looked at each other, and then laughed in unison.

One of them laughed and threw himself back: "This dead old man is so virtuous every time, he loses every time and even his pants are taken off, he has not changed his teachings, but his gambling luck is not good, he will lose every time he gambles, don't be too stupid." ”

The other smiled and shook his head: "Don't say it, this old man is stupid, he always falls into the same trap, and others say that it is easiest to win money from him." By the way, you say, he is so poor, where does the money come from every time he comes to gamble? ”

"Who knows, maybe I really went to steal it"

The voices of the two gradually disappeared, and Duan Lianyi felt that his whole body was like falling into a cold cellar, and his head was dizzy.

The black back of the hurried into the gambling house was so blurry, so dazzling.

Father, what you are spending is the only hope for your daughter in this life.

Duan Lianyi trembled and returned to Qingyi Pavilion, and never saw Daddy again, even if the man made a fierce fuss outside the door, scolding her for being ungrateful, unfilial and unfaithful, she only covered her ears, and she didn't hear it.

What kind of being is a father? When he was ten years old, he couldn't keep her food and clothing, he bought her in order to survive, and now he even wants to ruin her happiness for the rest of her life for a moment's fun. (To be continued.) )