The woman's name was Shang Shang'er. Xiaozhi messed with her for an afternoon, and then she roughly figured out: it turned out that she was the head of the children in this mud foot alley. Everyone called her 'Sister Xiang', and she picked up almost half of the children in this mud-footed alley.

And the attic where Xiaozhi woke up is also her 'boudoir'. She takes care of these children every day, from Ah Da to 16 children, no matter the pain or cold, she has to worry about it herself. She herself goes to 'He Lou' every day to wash the dishes, which is a big restaurant in Hankou. Although there was not much money for that work, it could bring back a lot of leftover food for the guests, and this alone could basically ensure that the dozen or so children would not be hungry. She seemed to like Xiaozhi very much, and took Xiaozhi back to her attic alone, took out half of the pear cake from her sleeve, and snickered: "You eat it, don't show it to them, or I will say that I am always partial to the new children." The last time I brought a fourteen-year-old, I was partially seen by them, and afterwards the little fourteen-child was so miserable by them, and the food was forced to put his fingers in his throat and vomited. ”

There was a gentle tenderness in her voice, touching Xiaozhi's head, and sighing, "Your adults don't know how to be in a hurry." Do you have a place to go back? If not, you have to follow me as a little seventeen. ”

He Lou was particularly busy at night. Shang Shang'er seemed to be afraid that Xiaozhi would be bullied by the children in the alley when he first came, so Tete took him to He Lou with him. The place where she washes the dishes is not in the kitchen, but in the doorway. She was dressed in such a strange outfit that many of the guests who entered the door laughed at her lightly. Shang Shang'er only lowered her head silently and did her work seriously. At one time, another guest upstairs asked her to go upstairs and sing a little song. Shang Xiang'er doesn't sing well in small songs, and often makes mistakes in words, but a weird outfit can always make those boring guests laugh. One person said: "This Helou boss is really good at making fun, and he didn't know where to find such a living treasure, and he really added luster to his business." Look, isn't it more wonderful than a juggling dwarf? ”

Shang Shang'er finished singing and went downstairs to wash the dishes. Looking at her hard-working figure, Xiaozhi's heart couldn't help but feel a little sad: although he was young, he already understood: it turned out that they didn't really want her to wash the dishes when they wanted Sister Shang to work here - rich and noble people often wanted a 'slice' dedicated to making fun of them when they ate, and Xiaozhi had heard about it in Chang'an, and it turned out that they regarded Sister Shang as a female scorn to make fun of.

Another guest entered the door, and he stretched out his hand and put a handful on the chin of the merchant, and several young men in brocade clothes who came with him laughed. Shang Shang'er raised her beautiful eyes, Xiaozhi's heart ached, and she almost couldn't help but scold: Aren't they, they are so well-dressed and well-fed, isn't the happiness they can enjoy in life enough? Must you find a disabled woman who can be tricked to be considered a 'perfect child'?

Shang Shang'er's face did not see joy and sorrow, she only smiled faintly. As if that awkward life had nothing to do with her.

At this time, someone entered the door again, Xiaozhi raised his eyes, stunned, but those two people were the two people with strange behaviors that Xiaozhi had met at the baked cake stall on the side of Mud Foot Alley in the afternoon. I saw that they were dressed very differently, one looked like a showman, the other looked like a businessman; One has more white and less black in his eyes, and the other has more black and less white. They didn't seem to care about going upstairs, and after sitting down at the top of the building, they asked for tea, but from time to time they poked out and stared at Shang Shang'er a few times. The little child was already curious about them, and the content in his eyes made him feel even more uneasy.

At this time, two green skins came over, only to hear one of them smile at Shang Shang'er: "Girl, what's the matter?" The sixteen little boys you took in Mudfoot Alley aren't enough for your pastime? Picked up another one? This is still smaller, your girl's taste is really weird, I went back with my master tonight, so that you can taste the freshness that the little boy can't resist. ”

Shang Shang'er only lowered her head to wash the dishes, as if she hadn't heard.

The two green skins refused to rest, and carried Xiao Zhi over, pinching and touching him, and the pain made Xiao Zhi grin. He refused to shout, knowing that shouting would only make Sister Shang more sad, so he gritted his teeth and endured it. Shang Shang'er suddenly raised his eyes, and the two green skins saw that there was no one at the door, glanced at each other, and smiled evilly and took Xiaozhi into a dark alley behind the restaurant, obviously trying to lure Shang Shang'er to chase after him. Shang Shang'er really stood up, and Xiaozhi screamed sadly: "Sister, don't come here!" ”

Then his mouth was blocked by the two green skins, and he watched with grief and indignation as Shang Xiang'er touched the mouth of the dark alley from the brightly lit doorway. There were a lot of debris in this alley, and Shang Shang'er stumbled and stumbled, and said in a low voice: "Put my brother down." ”

Xiaozhi looked at the look on her face, as if she didn't dare to shout, for fear that the boss would hear and accuse her of disturbing the business of the restaurant. The two green-skinned smiled lewdly, retreated to the depths of the alley, and waited for Shang Shang'er to get closer, before he smiled and said, "You little girl is a good girl, you know that you are blind, and you deliberately dress like such a monster." It's hard for your little brother Ah Da to come and dress you up like this, so that you can earn some food every day and go back to them to eat, and you will be less rubbed with oil. Actually, Uncle has been staring at you for a long time, and you don't look so ugly. Hey, didn't you mention it, you were sold by your ghostly Ah Da and you don't know yet. Why, don't mess with those little mud monkeys in the future, follow me and you, you have to play and wear. Why, let's get off to a good start today, how many touches will you give you first? ”

Shang Shang'er only said nothing. Somehow, it was so dark in this alley, but Xiaozhi saw that her blind eyes seemed to glow in this dark alley. It was really a pair of beautiful eyes, and it was salivating to see those two green skins. When they saw that Shang Shang'er had entered the trap, one continued to catch Xiao Zhi, and the other reached out with a pair of hands and touched Shang Shang'er. Xiaozhi has never really hated anyone in his life, but at this moment, he only feels that if he is strong and has a sword and a sword in his hand, he must slaughter these two hooligans first.

Shang Shang'er's eyes only had an indescribable look of compassion for the world. The green skin was about to succeed, and suddenly let out a painful cry in his mouth, and then squatted down in the alley with his crotch covered. The other was so shocked that he wanted to scream, but he only heard the accent of a young man who had just grown up: "Sister Xiang, don't be afraid, I see who dares to bully you!" ”

It was a young and dumb male voice that had just become a good voice, and then only listened to his whistle, and seven or eight children rushed out of this alley together, without a word, wrapped around the two green skins was a fight, tearing and biting, biting the two green skins crying dad and calling mother. The little boy had already broken out of the hand of the man who was in his hands, and he stomped on the green skin's foot with one kick, only to hear the green skin's 'ouch', and then five or six children from the mud foot alley wrapped around him. This is a silent beating, Xiaozhi is still the first time to beat someone, and it is also the first time to see such a fight in such a dirty alley, but this kind of struggle in the dark night alley gives him no less shock than Grandpa Yu's school knife and Aunt Hu's spine blow. He seems to have finally understood: in this unreasonable world, all the dignity, the dignity you want to get, must be earned by your own hard work!

For a long moment, the two green skins had already called 'grandpa' and begged for mercy, and then they saw the fifteen or sixteen-year-old half-year-old child exclaim, "Let them go." ”

There was a kind of bearing in his voice, and in the dark alley were the glowing eyes of a little man he had just grown. He is Ah Da, Du Ah Da - Du Ah Da in Mud Foot Alley. It was only at this moment that Xiaozhi understood: what is a battle and what is called a river and lake.