Chapter XVII: Tenderness, Recruitment
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"Found in a garbage dump across the road." Janet looked into the bag as well, her breathing was a little rough, as if she had a cold, "They knew I was going to go, so they put the baby there, and of course, it was a girl." ”
Ah Fa looked at the baby's red little fingers, the little hands were motionless, and he asked suspiciously, "She's nothing, right?" ”
"Nothing?" Janet smiled wryly and shook her head, "If she wasn't anything, I wouldn't be standing here talking to you!" No, I'm a little late this time, she's already cold. She closed the mouth of the bag and looked up, "But at least I didn't let the rats and dogs bite her." I think the parents wanted me to find her, they knew when I was going to make the rounds and put the baby there before I came. Because you can't feed her, you know. But I often find living, of course, mostly girls. ”
Ah Fa's heart sank, looking at Janet's expression that she didn't particularly care, he knew that this kind of thing was commonplace for her, but his eyes never left the little thing in the cloth bag, and he felt panicked.
"Are people begging you to take their children away? Or do you have to go out and find them yourself? Ah Fa asked in a low voice.
"They sometimes bring the children in, and they usually put them on the steps." A mischievous look flashed in Janet's eyes and she said, "What? Do you have one to deliver? ”
Ah Fa shook his head, it wasn't that he hadn't seen this kind of thing before. But when the new soul took over the body, and he saw it from a new perspective and in a new mind, the heaviness made him scarcely bothered to speak.
Janet stared at Ah Fa for a while, as if waiting for him to answer, then glanced at the canvas bag, sighed and patted it, and said, "Okay, let's go, we have to give this little thing a funeral, do you want to go in and have a look?" She extended the invitation again.
"I'm not going in." Ah Fa shook his head vigorously, he was afraid to see the little thing again, and the small clenched fist made him feel extremely uneasy. He took out the money from his pocket, and did not take much with him, he left five yuan, handed over the rest, and said with some embarrassment: "Now I only have these, and in the future, when I get rich, I will send it to you again." ”
"Thank you!" Janet smiled faintly, folded the bill, and put it in her pocket.
At the moment when the cloth bag was covered, Ah Fa caught a glimpse of the little red hand again, and a wave of heat suddenly surged in his heart. It was as if he had gone back to his childhood, partaking communion with other children in a church-run orphanage, and he was so innocent.
He looked up and saw Janet's encouraging blue eyes, whether your faith is ridiculous or not, but it is always right to do good deeds, he couldn't help but hand over the five dollars too, "Take this too, I don't need it." ”
"And how do you get home?" Janet asked, but took the money casually.
"Go back." Ah Fa seemed to relax all of a sudden, and his chest and back couldn't help but straighten up.
"I will pray for you, for all those you care about." Janet had a cross on her chest, but she looked a little casual.
"That-" Ah Fa hesitated, took a step forward, came closer to Janet, and asked, "I want to ask you about the rescue of the handmaid, if it is other women who are suffering, do you care?" Can you protect them? ”
Janet looked at Ah Fa in confusion, and then smiled for a long time: "Then you better come in and talk!" ”
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When Ah Fa left, well, this Jerusalem church, which the Chinese also called Jiluosheng, his steps were brisk, and he felt that he had found a way to save the girls of the Red Sleeve Pavilion from bullying and persecution.
Concession, with a church background, foreign devils, undoubtedly, this should be a good talisman, although Ah Fa is not very sure.
Walking through the dirty streets again, the unpleasant smell seemed to be much lighter. It's just that someone is waiting for him, which makes Ah Fa very surprised.
"Hello, sir." A man who looked like a man seemed to have waited for a long time, and Ah Fa could see that there were messy footprints in that small area.
"Is there something wrong?" Ah Fa said very calmly.
"Is that so, sir, have you come back from overseas?" The guy asked politely.
"It's not." Ah Fa shook his head, turned and walked away.
The guy paused, then immediately chased after him again, and asked anxiously, "Then may I ask if Mr. understands foreign language?" Can I write in foreign languages? ”
Ah Fa was a little impatient, stopped, stared at the guy and asked, "What do you mean?" Something to say directly. ”
Ah, the guy didn't seem to know the boss's purpose, scratched his head, and muttered: "If you can speak foreign and write foreign language, our boss wants to invite you to a meal and have something to discuss." ”
"I don't know your boss, just say that when you go back." Ah Fa would not casually agree to this unintended invitation, turned around and left.
A short walk away, there is a teahouse, an old-fashioned stone building, and a red horizontal plaque with gold letters hanging above the carved wooden door. This is a place where many Chinese merchants rest and chat while buying and selling goods at the foreign store here.
"Sir, sir, our boss is here, you ......" The guy who looked like a guy followed behind Ah Fa, eager to complete the task assigned by the boss.
"I told you, I don't know your boss." Ah Fa didn't look back, and quickened his pace.
As soon as the door of the teahouse opened, a man walked out, stretched out his hand and shouted, "Sir, please stay." ”
Ah Fa rolled his eyes, turned around, and looked at the middle-aged man with displeasure. He wears shiny gold-rimmed glasses, gray silk pants, is very thin, and shows a gold tooth on the gum when he grins.
"Hello, my surname is Qin, and it's a pleasure to see you." Mr. Qin changed his hand, stretched out his right hand to Ah Fa, and spoke in a strange tone of English.
"Mr. Qin? I, my surname is Chen. Ah Fa didn't shake hands with Mr. Qin directly, he observed very cautiously, the hand that came over was very pale, not even a single hair was visible, and the paleness of blood loss made him a little uncomfortable.
Seeing that Ah Fa could understand his words, Mr. Qin smiled even more happily, his neck moved like a bird, and his gold teeth lit up, and he changed to an official dialect with an accent, "That's it." I saw Mr. and the bag talking for a long time, and I guessed that Mr. should know foreign language, and I admired him very much......
Bags? Is that Janet, a very, cute nickname! Ah Fa nodded, held back a smile, and said, "I do know foreign languages, and it's nothing in Shanghai, right?" ”
After staying in Shanghai for a long time, many people can speak a few foreign words. At first, some Chinese who worked as compradors and clerks acted as trade intermediaries in rough English, such an inaccurate grammar and Chinese accent of English became known as "pidgin English".