Chapter 27: Chopsticks
Xiang Minzhong and the little girl walked on the winding path, walking lifelessly, and no one knew what to say.
Suddenly, the little girl broke the silence: "Thank you, benefactor, for saving your life!" ”
"No thanks, no thanks! To my great surprise, why did they arrest you! Xiang Minzhong asked.
The little girl was silent for a long time, and finally spoke: "My grandmother and I depend on each other, and one day that minion met our village by chance, and when he saw that I was still a little good-looking, he came to talk to me, saying that he could take me to a place and make a lot of money!" I was so happy that I thought I could finally make money on my own! If I get the first money, I have to buy some delicious food for my grandmother, because my grandmother is so bitter! Grandma resolutely refused to let me go out, for fear that I would be deceived when I went out, even if I was poor, she wanted me to stay by her side, even if I ate leftover leaves every day, I was very happy! But I didn't think so, so I went into Tokyo with them, and at first they were very kind to me and gave me some food, but then they showed me my true form and asked me to serve the guests, I was reluctant in every way, but there was still no way! But then they asked me to sleep with the guests, and I didn't want to be killed, so they beat me to death. I escaped several times, but they caught me back, and I was beaten with a whip! As he spoke, he couldn't help but cry!
Xiang Minzhong didn't expect that there would be such a thing of forcing good people to become prostitutes in Tokyo, it was simply lawless! Seeing the girl in front of her with such a bleak life experience is really distressing, and holding her into his arms is a kind of father's love for his daughter!
Xiang Minzhong touched his moist eyes and asked the little girl, "How old are you today!" ”
"Fourteen!"
"It's so small! But she has grown into a Peugeot girl! Is there anyone else in your family? ”
"There is only one grandmother in the house!"
"What about your parents!"
"When my father was just born, he found out that I was a girl and couldn't accept this fact! I felt that it wasn't for the boys who couldn't continue the perfume for their family, and because of the huge pressure from my father's parents, my father abandoned us mother and daughter. My mother worked hard to earn money to support herself, but eventually became ill and died when I was six years old! In the end, it was my grandmother, who was over 70 years old, her legs and feet were not flexible, her eyes were also slightly ill, she couldn't see things too far, she could only see things very close vaguely, so in order not to make me hungry, every day before dawn, she would prop up a bench, step by step, to pick up some other people's discarded things to sell! There are also rotten vegetable leaves that others don't want, come back and depend on me for your life! Many people persuaded my grandmother to send me to someone else's house for foster care, but my grandmother said that even if I was tired and tired, she would pull me up, which was just a thought! That's it, grandma pulled me so big with scrap and rotten vegetable leaves! ”
Xiang Minzhong touched the little girl's head, her tears were no longer out of her control, and she was crying all over her face, she didn't expect that there would be such a miserable person in this world! The little girl snuggled in Xiang Minzhong's arms, she wanted a shoulder to lean on so much!
Xiang Minzhong held the little girl's face with both hands, looking at this face that had been devastated by fate, but also resolute and unyielding, he couldn't help but feel sad, "What's your name!" ”
"No name! Because my grandmother didn't know a few words, but when she was eating, the chopsticks fell to the ground, and a kind neighbor helped her pick them up, and said 'the chopsticks fell', and she remembered the word 'chopsticks', thinking that it was just calling me, and I just listened to it, and it became my name! Children from poor families will have a simple name, so that it is easy to remember! ”
"Chopsticks, good! I think it's very good! Xiang Minzhong thought about it, and asked again: "Do you have any other familiar people in the capital?" I can go to them! ”
Chopsticks were very embarrassed and said, "I don't know anyone in the capital!" ”
Xiang Minzhong thought about how to place her! It's definitely not good at home, which makes outsiders say something disgusting when they see it! Then I had to put her in the inn.
Xiang Minzhong asked, "Then where are you going tonight!" ”
Chopsticks were embarrassed and didn't know how to say, "There's nowhere to go!" ”
"Then I have to arrange a room for your inn first, where you can stay for the time being!" Xiang Minzhong said.
Two people walked down the street for a while, speechless!
Xiang Minzhong helped her arrange it at the inn, and the chopsticks watched Xiang Minzhong leave, a little reluctant! Could it be that he just threw himself here, leaving himself alone, but he couldn't pester him, wouldn't let him go, and secretly hide in the dark corner and cry!
The next day, after Xiang Minzhong finished the morning court, he still bought some toiletries and some food to see chopsticks, and when he saw Xiang Minzhong coming to see her, he was very happy, jumping around, and revolving around him!
"I bought you some toiletries, you can use these in the future, don't use the inn, it's not clean! I'll also buy you some fruit, and you'll keep it and eat it slowly! Xiang Minzhong said and took an apple for chopsticks to eat. Let's eat one first! ”
Chopsticks don't catch apples either. Xiang Minzhong didn't know what it meant. I saw the chopsticks and said with a smile: "I want you to cut it for me to eat!" ”
Looking at the naughty appearance of the chopsticks, he was really a scoundrel and said, "Okay, I really can't help it!" So he took the knife and slowly peeled the apple. The chopsticks kept looking at Xiang Minzhong, and she felt that Xiang Minzhong's hands were so skillful! The peeled skin didn't fall off at all, and after the final peeling, as soon as Xiang Minzhong brought it up, it was a complete crooked apple peel! Chopsticks thought it was amazing and asked, "How did you do it!" ”
"I won't tell you!" He handed the apple to the chopsticks, and the chopsticks still did not give up, and while eating the apple, he shook Xiang Minzhong's hand and said, "Tell me?" Tell me? ”
Xiang Minzhong was upset by her? Okay, I'll teach you? Then pick up the knife and show her, first pick up the knife, carefully cut into the apple flesh from the top, and then use the knife at a constant speed, and balance the force, don't be nervous!
The chopsticks followed his method and picked up the knife to imitate. Xiang Minzhong looked at her holding the knife in an incorrect posture, which was funny!
"Don't you laugh?" Chopsticks saw him laughing at himself and said coquettishly.
"Good!" Then he walked behind the chopsticks, grabbed her hand holding the knife with one hand, held her hand holding the apple with the other, and then put his head on her shoulder, and gently demonstrated how to peel the apple, saying, "Watch every step carefully!" ”
The chopsticks were surrounded by Xiang Minzhong's broad shoulders, and she suddenly felt that her mood was surging, there had never been a man who cared for her like this, and she had a burst of blush from time to time!
Xiang Minzhong saw her in a daze and asked, "What do you want!" ”
The chopsticks immediately came back to his senses, and he knew that the girl's shyness was not good, and hurriedly replied: "I didn't think about anything!" ”
"As I taught, peel an apple yourself!"
"Okay" chopsticks picked up an apple and peeled it herself, she gently cut into the apple flesh with a knife, learned from Xiang Minzhong's appearance just now, gently pressed the knife and pushed, and immediately an apple peel was warped, she felt very happy, she finally knew how to peel the apple, and then looked at Xiang Minzhong, he was busy cleaning up things, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, I felt that although this man was a little old, but his majestic image always flashed in his mind, he always brought me a sense of security!
'Ahh
Xiang Minzhong heard the shout, turned his head, and asked, "What's wrong!" ”
The chopsticks pinched the cut finger, and the finger injury was already bleeding like a column!
Xiang Minzhong was very concerned about such a scene, and said, "Look at you, why are you so careless!" Saying that, he walked over, looked at her bleeding fingers, watched the blood gushing out, and didn't know what to do, suddenly, without hesitation, he took the injured finger of the chopsticks in his mouth, and the chopsticks were stunned by Xiang Minzhong's move, but he didn't stop it!
Xiang Minzhong took a moment, quickly found a piece of cloth, wrapped her injured finger, and then took her hand and said, "Let's go, let's go find a Lang Zhong to deal with it, I can rest assured, you daredevil!" ”
At this time, the chopsticks are at the mercy of a soulless body! Xiang Minzhong took the chopsticks and ran to Lang Zhong to treat the wound, and then when he came back, he stared at the chopsticks carefully: "Don't listen to Lang Zhong's words, injured hand, don't get water this week, don't eat spicy things!" ”
Chopsticks looked at this man, dealing with this and that for himself, and his mother-in-law stared at that, he didn't feel annoyed, and he felt very warm, because no man had ever cared so much about himself, and he had no words, just silently watching this man anxious for himself!
"You're dumb, you're still stunned! How not to speak! Xiang Minzhong asked.
The chopsticks blushed and said perfunctorily: "I just don't want to talk!" ”
Xiang Minzhong saw that the injury of the chopsticks had been dealt with, and it was early, so he said, "Then I'll go back first!" ”
The chopsticks made a "hmm" sound.
Seeing that Xiang Minzhong opened the door and was about to go out, he said, "Be careful on the road!" ”
Maybe Xiang Minzhong was walking fast, and he only heard the sound of the door closing, but he didn't hear his response! Could it be that he didn't hear it, or that he was talking too quietly! So I thought about it!
Since this time, Xiang Minzhong has frequently come to visit chopsticks, always paying attention to her and telling her that, she always listens silently, the ambiguous feelings of the two people develop in such a balanced way, neither of them knows what this is, they are just eager to see each other, since they were bumped into by a person, it broke this balance, and it also made Xiang Minzhong feel that the situation was very serious!
Zhang Qixian, the pot-bellied prime minister, was the official secretary of the Privy Council, and he had nothing to do on this day, wandering around the street, eating all the things in the house, and wanting to eat some food in other friends' houses, but many people avoided him, and he had no choice but to continue to find ways to find food!
When I met an inn on the road, I saw a person's back very familiar, so I followed, and found that he was with a very good-looking little girl, and the two of them talked and laughed, and then they didn't come out after seeing an inn!
Zhang Qixian walked in and asked the shopkeeper: "The man just now, does he come often!" ”
The shopkeeper paused him and said, "The guest's materials are kept secret here!" If you're eating, please come here! ”
As soon as Zhang Qixian heard about this meal, he was excited, but this month's Yu Lu didn't eat almost all of his own uncompetitive stomach, and he really didn't have any extra money, so he was really embarrassed to eat and drink here, and he didn't want to refuse the shopkeeper in person, and said: "I'm friends with that person, I want to confirm it!" ”
The shopkeeper felt that he was still so trembling if he didn't eat, so he asked Xiao Er to blast him out!
"Why are you doing this here? Can't you let me stand here without money? "Zhang Qixian thinks they look down on people too much!
"If you don't have money, you will die far away!" Those two little two took a sip!
Zhang Qixian didn't take it seriously when he was humiliated, because he had a large belly, he was often bombarded out, and after a long time, he got used to it! But he was too familiar with that background, he had to confirm this matter, so he found a corner to hide, and he had to wait for that person to come out!
Xiang Minzhong was very happy to come to see the chopsticks this day, and the chopsticks were also very happy to see Xiang Minzhong coming to see her, saying that she stayed in the inn all day, it was really boring, and she hoped that Xiang Minzhong would take her out to play!
Xiang Minzhong felt that it was too, so he took chopsticks to go shopping, chopsticks were very curious when he saw anything, every time he went to a stall, he pulled Xiang Minzhong to take a look, and saw a kneading dough bubble, which was surprisingly stained, and pulled Xiang Minzhong and said: "Look, that Monkey King is pinched like it!" Monkey spirit, monkey spirit! ”
Xiang Minzhong also thought it was funny after a look, and said, "It's really vivid!" ”
Then the chopsticks pointed at Zhu Bajie and said, "Look if this is a bit like you!" ”
Xiang Minzhong looked at the chopsticks and described him as Zhu Bajie, so he got angry, took the Zhu Bajie and gently knocked it towards the head of the chopsticks: "I want you to talk nonsense!" ”
The chopsticks hit his head, closed one eye, stretched out a tongue and said, "Zhu Bajie is beating, Zhu Bajie is beating!" So he got up and ran, chased after Minzhong, and said, "See if I don't kill you!" ”
The chopsticks sprinkled the demon and said, "I can't hit it, I can't hit it!" ”
The boss who kneaded the dough next to him said, "Do you buy it or not!" My clay figures have been smashed by you! ”
Xiang Minzhong hurriedly apologized to the boss and said, "I'm really sorry, we bought this Zhu Bajie!" After saying that, he gave the broken silver to the mud boss.
"That's pretty much it." The dough boss took the money!
Xiang Minzhong took Zhu Bajie and knocked on the head of the chopsticks again, saying, "Look at the trouble you caused!" ”
The chopsticks made a grimace again, and Xiang Minzhong was speechless to her, and gave her the Zhu Bajie, saying, "I gave it to you!" ”
"Really!" Chopsticks took over the man, and I was very happy! wrapped Xiang Minzhong's hand, leaned his head on his shoulder, and walked enthusiastically, chopsticks felt that she was very happy with this man, no worries, as if the previous suffering had melted, and she felt that this man could bring her a sense of security, but she didn't understand what it felt like to be dependent on him!
And Xiang Minzhong has never been so happy since he lost his wife, every time he is with chopsticks, although she is very naughty, but she can always bring herself a surprise, with her, always so happy, instead of going back to face the deserted house, it is better to come and see chopsticks, this has become a habit, rain or shine!
But when the two of them were happily walking down the street one by one, they didn't expect that there was an eye behind them watching the two of them!
Xiang Minzhong sent the chopsticks to the inn, and said to the chopsticks: "That's it for today, I still have something to do, so I'll go back first!" ”
When the chopsticks saw that he was leaving, they took his sleeve and shook it back and forth, saying, "No? You haven't told a joke yet! ”
Xiang Minzhong patted the face of the chopsticks and said, "Obedient!" Then I tidied up my clothes and went out!
When Chopsticks saw him go out, he was so angry that he lay on his side on the bed!
Xiang Minzhong walked down from the upstairs as usual, and the shopkeeper saw him and smiled at him, and he also saluted him back! He walked out of the inn, ready to walk home as usual, just out of the store!
A person walked over from the opposite side, patted him on the shoulder, and walked aisle: "Brother Xiang, Yanfu is not glamorous!" Kanaya Zangjiao! ”
Xiang Minzhong was stunned when he saw that person, it turned out to be an acquaintance, when did he appear here! Could it be that he and the chopsticks have been tracked by him, and he has nothing to do with the chopsticks, what is he tracking!
just replied: "What nonsense!" ”