Chapter 15: Rhubarb

"Sister-in-law, don't fight, a roast chicken, what's worth it!"

As a modern person, Wang Xu's concept of roast chicken is also the concept of modern people.

A roast chicken, bought on the street, does not exceed 20 yuan at most, and a hundred yuan can kill a person.

It's a pity that this is the Republic of China, and it was occupied by the Japanese in 1940.

On the street, people who are starved to death are not uncommon, and the common people's homes are not seen for a year, and the roast chicken is something that can only be eaten by people with status.

For Xu Jiazhen, a roast chicken is a ten-day ration.

I worked hard to wash other people's clothes, and after ten days, the money I earned was enough for the mother and daughter to stay on the verge of not starving to death, and they couldn't get a penny more.

The times of the two sides are different, Wang Xu thinks that Xu Jiazhen is making a big fuss, but Xu Jiazhen thinks that this is a debt that cannot be repaid, and after seeing Wang Xu appear, not only did he not let go of Fengxia, but he fought more fiercely.

"Hey, don't fight, you're sick, the kid makes you angry!" If Wang Xu had a good impression of Xu Jiazhen before, now he is a little puzzled.

It is true that Xu Jiazhen is a woman, but she is also an adult, how can a six-year-old child stand it.

After a few strokes, Feng Xia was beaten and cried, and she didn't know that the chicken leg in her hand had fallen, and she was choked with crying.

"Big brother, I can't afford your roast chicken, you can drag this dog away, it still has a few taels of meat on it, it can top your roast chicken." Xu Jiazhen no longer beat the child, but pointed to the old yellow dog in the family, insisting that Wang Xu drag it away.

Wang Xu is not crying, nor is he laughing, this dog is a miscellaneous dog at first glance, he usually can't eat enough, he is so hungry that he walks and shakes, what are he going to do here.

Moreover, although Xu Jiazhen said this, his eyes were full of reluctance, and he obviously had a deep relationship with this dog.

If you don't get it right, this old dog is still left by the rich and noble people who were caught by the strong man, and the meaning of it is not just a dog, but a kind of longing. Wang Xu is a bastard, and he can't make a roast chicken, so he will go and win people's love.

"Sister-in-law, the two of us are neighbors, so it's boring to be so careful. You said that you live next door, and you will take your dog away for a roast chicken, and you will need to say hello in the future? Wang Xu said that he laughed at the back.

It's a pity that Xu Jiazhen didn't smile, although she was reluctant to be a dog, she didn't want to lose her backbone.

Without Wang Xu making any moves, Xu Jiazhen let go of Fengxia and called Rhubarb to go out.

Seeing this attitude, Feng Xia cried even more, and cried noisily: "Mom, don't send the rhubarb away, I don't dare anymore!" ”

"Rhubarb, come here." Xu Jiazhen didn't look at it, she was afraid that she would be soft-hearted.

Rhubarb is a dog, I don't know why, I heard the hostess call herself, wagged her tail, and flattered her, not knowing her fate at all.

After a while, Wang Xu heard a knock on the door, and he didn't need to look at him to know that it was Xu Jiazhen who came with rhubarb.

Crunch...

opened the door, and sure enough, there were Xu Jiazhen and rhubarb outside, and each of them looked very thin.

Wang Xu had the heart to refuse, but knew that he couldn't.

This beauty who is suspected of being Gong Li has a strong heart, and she won't leave if she doesn't want rhubarb.

With Feng Xia's cry in his ears and the stubborn Xu Jiazhen in front of him, Wang Xu had nothing but sighing.

"Sister-in-law, I will keep this dog for you, when you have money, redeem it." Wang Xu felt very uncomfortable, a little bit of the illusion that he was a bully and bullied orphans and widows.

Xu Jiazhen bit her lower lip, nodded gently, and ordered to Rhubarb: "Rhubarb, go in." ”

Rhubarb is very humane, and when he heard the order of the hostess, he entered the door without hesitation.

Seeing Rhubarb enter, Xu Jiazhen slammed the door shut and never said a word again.

"Wang, Wang!" Rhubarb, who was put in the door, saw that the door was closed, and leaned on the door and barked wildly.

Xu Jiazhen didn't come back, leaving Wang Xu alone, looking at the big yellow dog in front of him, a little overwhelmed.

Rhubarb is a good dog and obedient, but this is someone else's dog.

Wang Xu really doubted that this dog was starved like this, and he wouldn't find his owner and bite himself twice when he turned around.

Wang Xu thought so, he couldn't find the owner's rhubarb, and he didn't climb the door, and looked at him directly.

One person and one dog, staring at each other with big eyes, Wang Xu always felt that there was something wrong with the rhubarb's eyes, so he hurriedly stepped back: "Good dog, there is braised meat here, it's fragrant!" ”

While speaking, Wang Xu threw the pig's head meat on the ground without hesitation.

Rhubarb leaned over and sniffed it, but didn't eat a bite, still looking at him like this.

Wang Xu then played back, the dog didn't eat pig's head meat, just looked at him fiercely, what does this mean, want to bite yourself.

It turned out that Rhubarb had a peaceful personality, and after looking at Wang Xu a few times, he continued to stand up on his hind legs and lay on the door and called.

"What a good dog!" Seeing that Rhubarb didn't plan to bite himself, and didn't even eat the pig's head meat he was given, Wang Xu breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, he felt that this dog had a personality and was as backbone as Xu Jiazhen.

The dog doesn't eat it, Wang Xu eats it himself.

Sitting on the chair, Wang Xu took a sip of wine, a mouthful of sauced beef, and ate it after a while.

When the sky darkened, the rich families lit electric lights, the ordinary people lit oil lamps, and the poor homes were dark.

Wang Xu's newly bought house, how to say that he is also a company commander, there is no telephone, but the electric light is used.

However, he did not stay in the room for a long time, but went to the real world to check Xu Jiazhen's identity.

Back to reality, open the notebook, and search for Xu Jiazhen, Qiu Xia, Xu Fugui and a few keywords.

Soon, a movie came into view...... "Alive"

Xu Fugui was originally the young master of the landlord's family, he was ignorant when he was young, gambled and prostituted, and soon lost all his family property.

After being poor, only his wife and family cherished her, and the two got along with each other, and finally let the rich and noble change their past.

The good times did not last long, the Japanese invaded China, and the Kuomintang garrison stationed in Tianjin was quickly defeated.

Fugui went out to sing shadow puppetry, but happened to bump into the defeated army, and was forcibly taken to the south as a strong man...

The whole "Alive" is particularly tragic, as if all the misfortunes have befallen the family.

After Fugui left, Feng Xia had a serious illness, because there was no money to treat it, and the high fever made Feng Xia deaf and mute.

After Fugui returned, the pain continued, and he gave birth to a son named Youqing.

Because the family was poor, in the morning, Youqing had to get up early to help with the work, but when he went to school, he fell asleep in the corner of the wall and was stoned to death by the collapsed wall bricks.

And when Qiuxia grew up, because she was deaf and mute, she couldn't find a good in-law's family, so she married a worker named Erxi who had a lame leg.

First, Qiuxia died of hemorrhage in childbirth, and then Erxi was buried alive by a slate at the construction site, leaving only a single seedling called bitter root.

Hit by this, Xu Jiazhen couldn't afford to fall ill and soon died.

In the same way, the bitter root people, as their name suggests, have been bitter since childhood, and their families are poor and cannot eat anything.

Fugui took pity on his grandson, so he boiled beans for him to eat, but the bitter root didn't even eat boiled beans, and he died alive.

In the end, the sun set, and in the reflected shadows, only Fugui and an old ox walked on the ridge in the cold wind.

Fortunately, the movie version is better than the novel version, but it's not much better, the same Heavenly Lone Star fate.

Seeing this, Wang Xu was dumbfounded, Xu Jiazhen was strong and stubborn, and she was still beautiful, but she didn't expect her fate to be so miserable.

And the little girl Fengxia will also become deaf and mute when she is six or seven years old because she has no money for treatment because of fever.

Hey, it seems that the current Fengxia is six or seven years old!