"Squeak", Su Qiqiao held back the soreness on his body, gently pushed open the broken wooden door of the firewood room, and then carefully closed it, walked to the corner of the firewood room step by step, curled up his delicate body, leaned on the firewood stacked side by side over and lay down, and then his eyes were dark, and he fell asleep heavily.

The dim light fell through the window lattice, shining on her patched tattered clothes, blowing slightly, curling the long hair at the corners of her forehead, and the fresh but pale little face could be vaguely seen.

I don't know how long it took, but there was a rush of footsteps, and then a rough door was heard, and a vicious woman with a pan-headed head walked in angrily, followed by three little girls and a little boy.

"Whew! I said that I couldn't find you dead for a long time, and you lay my corpse here for a long time, what are you pretending, you get up for me!"

The wicked woman of Pantou was wearing an equally tattered dress, holding a basin of water in her hand, and she didn't want to think about it, so she directly buckled a basin of dirty water on Su Qiqiao's body!

"Bang!" A wave of water smashed down head-on, Su Qiqiao just opened his eyes, and was directly frightened by a basin of dirty water, and his body was instantly soaked!

The wicked woman snorted coldly, threw the basin on the ground, spat a mouthful, and then began to pull Su Qiqiao, scolding while pulling, "You dead girl, I can't cure you!" Get up for me, work for me!"

Even if it was no longer strange, the three little girls behind her were still trembling with fright, although they wanted to help Su Qiqiao out of the siege, but when they thought of Mrs. Wang's feather duster and scolding, they had to watch dryly, letting tears roll in their eyes.

"Mother, sister Qiaoqiao, she is really sick, then let her have a good rest, I'll go begging on the street!" A young man who looked at him who was about sixteen years old couldn't stand it anymore, and pulled the corner of the princess's clothes hard.

When Mrs. Wang heard this, she sneered, "Sick? She doesn't get sick all day long, you look at her half-dead appearance, I eat and drink every day to feed her, what else does she do except lie on my corpse all day long! It's good to be sick, anyway, it's a sick seedling, you don't have to pretend to be sick, you will beg on the street for a while, if passers-by see her like this, they may pay two more big bucks!"

When Su Qiqiao heard this, she forcibly held back the soreness on her body and stood up, her long messy hair covered her haggard face, and her voice was slightly hoarse, "I'm fine, I'll go begging now." ”

After that, without waiting for Mrs. Wang to continue scolding, she resolutely strode out of the firewood room, and it was not until she walked out of the road that she floated in a vain pace, held back her tears, and walked out with a broken bowl.

Along the way, a few or a dozen little beggars saw this scene, but no one bothered to care about her, they were already unable to protect themselves, if they didn't get enough money today, they could only starve and be scolded, and it was good not to fall into the well at this time.

Like Su Qiqiao, many of them are homeless "orphans", and some were abducted and sold from a small mountain village to coax here, no matter what kind of background they came from, once they came here, they were all the same kind of people, begging on the streets every day, giving the money they got to Mrs. Wang, and they had to obey Mrs. Wang's discipline, otherwise they could only starve to death, or be beaten to death.

As soon as they thought of this, some people who originally looked at Su Qiqiao's sympathetic gaze also retracted, and began to kneel on the ground and beg wholeheartedly......

Su Qiqiao dragged a pair of rotten cloth shoes, wore a pair of burnt black patched clothes, didn't say a word, went around and around, and came to a secluded street with few pedestrians, put down the broken bowl, and then squatted on the spot, a gust of wind rolled into the cuffs, startling her.

After being a beggar for so many years, she has understood where there is the most lively, where there will be no gangsters, and where there are the most rich people...... In addition, she has a delicate face and a pleasing face, and many people see that she has eyes and gives her alms, which is the one who has the most money among the little beggars, but for so many years, even if she is an iron body, she can't withstand such an inhuman toss as Mrs. Wang, so that her body is getting weaker and weaker.

Su Qiqiao shrank his hand, leaned on the willow tree behind him, closed his eyes slightly, and let the warm sunlight shine all over his body, which made him feel more comfortable.

I don't know what I thought, Su Qiqiao suddenly woke up, and then carefully took out two copper plates from the pocket of her underwear, and saw that no one around paid attention to her, so she shook her little hand, and a crisp and pleasant sound sounded, and the two copper plates fell into the broken bowl.

No more, no less, two is enough.

Thinking of this, Su Qiqiao closed her eyes with peace of mind and quietly waited for someone destined to give her alms.

On the other side, a group of children in clean clothes with round faces gathered around an old lady, shouting for her to tell a story.

"Grandma Wang, is that talking little monkey you said yesterday true?" A little boy stared at the old lady with excitement on his face.

When Su Qiqiao heard the voice, he was also stunned, and looked at the sound.

"Of course it's true." The old lady called Grandma Wang showed a gentle smile, "I heard that in our land, there is a thing of the five elements of the zodiac, oh, it is the small animals in the zodiac, they coexist with the gold, wood, water, fire and earth of the five elements, and they have strange abilities as soon as they appear, which is amazing!"

"Grandma Wang is a liar! The storyteller said that there is no such thing in this world, and Confucius also said, 'The son is silent and the power is chaotic', and there is no ghost power in the world. A slightly mature boy pouted and retorted, but still looked at her with a wistful face, and it was clear that he also hoped that it was true.

"What are you doing lying to Grandma Wang, you stinky boy, do you know more or do I know more!" Grandma Wang was happy and deliberately put on a straight face, "I don't know the rest and don't dare to talk nonsense, but not only do I know about this matter, but other people also know it, and your teacher is afraid that you will be too impetuous when you hear it, so he deliberately didn't tell you." ”

"I believe Grandma Wang, the teacher said that there are many strange things in this world, not to mention those small animals in the zodiac!" A little girl looked at Grandma Wang with adoration on her face and said with a grin.

"It's still my little granddaughter who is the most sensible!" Grandma Wang happily hugged the little girl and got into a mess with the other children.

“…… That's nice. Su Qiqiao was stunned for a moment, a wry smile pulled out from the corner of her mouth, her eyes were sore, and she almost didn't cry, but she understood that other children crying can still be coaxed to a candy, a few words of comfort or something, but for her, tears are the most useless thing, she cries in vain, and it is better to think about how to live if she has this time.

"Ding." Su Qiqiao was stunned, a crisp voice slipped into the broken bowl, close to her ear, she has been a beggar for so many years, she doesn't have to look, just by listening, she knows that what is thrown in is definitely not a copper plate!

Su Qiqiao lowered her head and looked, her face was suddenly full of surprise, only to see that on the two copper plates, a small piece of broken silver was shining in the sun with a faint white light, which was dazzling, silver, silver that she had never seen in her life!