With a "squeak", Mrs. Wang pushed open the wooden door and walked to the mahogany cabinet next to the earthen kang.

Around the mahogany cabinet, layers of mottled red paint peeled off the ground, revealing dry cracks and fine lines, and a rusty iron lock hung on the cabinet in front of it.

Mrs. Wang took out a key from her coat pocket, inserted it into the lock hole, twisted it slightly, and opened the wooden cabinet, which contained two large wooden boxes and some scattered copper plates.

Mrs. Wang stretched out her hand and took out a wooden box, touched the rough patterns on it, sat down next to the earthen kang, opened it, and took out a whole stack of paper books, all of which were the deeds of sale of other little beggars.

Mrs. Wang quickly pulled out the part belonging to Su Qiqiao from the middle, and vaguely recognized the Su family and Guangping City from above, and then smiled reassuringly.

Mrs. Wang packed up everything and was about to go out and hand it over to Zhao Chunxiang, when the wooden door was directly pushed open rudely.

"Bang." Zhao Ping walked in, didn't say a word, knelt down, tears in his eyes, and choked up, "Mother, I beg you not to sell Qiqiao to the Qinglou." ”

"What are you doing here?" Mrs. Wang was in a hurry, stepped forward and pulled his arm, but she couldn't pull him up, and suddenly made a straight face and snorted coldly.

"I can't help you in this matter, the deed of sale is in my hands, I can do whatever I want, and go aside." Mrs. Wang put down this sentence, turned around and prepared to leave.

"No, I don't agree." Zhao Ping stood up excitedly, grabbed Mrs. Wang, and his eyes turned red, "There is no other way?" ”

Mrs. Wang was stunned for a moment, her eyes widened, "Of course not, or can you afford this hundred taels of silver, eh?" No, shouldn't you be in the academy at this point? You have the guts to skip class?!"

"Do you know that the old lady is about to go bankrupt when you support you? You're trying to me off. Mrs. Wang picked up the feather duster and prepared to knock him.

"Mother!" Zhao Ping's eyes were red, he grabbed the feather duster that was about to fall, and said in a trembling voice, "You...... You can't send your daughter-in-law to the Qinglou. ”

"What?" Wang Pozi was like a lightning strike, as if she couldn't believe her ears, and the whole person froze.

"Mother, even if it's for my sake, you can't sell her to that place!" Zhao Ping hoarsely voiced.

“…… You bastard, I'm sorry!" It took Mrs. Wang a long time to react, and a feather duster smashed on his back, and her anger rose, "I tell you, you and that girl can't live in this life, I don't agree." ”

"Mother......" Zhao Ping wanted to say more.

"Shut up, you, if you don't learn well day by day, you're so concerned about this matter, if you have the ability to give me a hundred taels of silver now, I won't sell that girl, do you have it?" Mrs. Wang stretched out her hand.

Zhao Ping was choked up instantly, "I'm ...... Not now, but there will be in the future, anyway, she can't sell Qiqiao to Qinglou no matter what, then her life will be ruined. ”

Mrs. Wang pushed him away with a look of disgust, and scolded angrily, "Destroy it!" Since you like her so much? Do you still want to see her in prison? ”

"It's okay to go to jail." Zhao Ping was stunned for a moment, touched a handful of tears, and shocked Mrs. Wang by saying the words, "Being in prison can at least keep her innocence, and there is a reason for that black cat, she is not a direct murderer, and she will come out after staying in it for two years at most......"

"And even if there is an accident and I go to prison for three or five years, when I get my fame, wouldn't it be okay to find a way to get her out......," Zhao Ping snorted, "It's better to go to prison than to leave her in that place." ”

"You, you, you! Bah, you bastard, I can see it, aren't you just greedy for her body! One innocence, why are you so selfish......" Mrs. Wang scolded.

"Mother, that's the only way to do it now, I beg you." After Zhao Ping finished speaking, he cried and knelt down again.

"Impossible!" Mrs. Wang didn't think about it, she refused without hesitation, looked down at Zhao Ping who was kneeling on the ground, and snorted coldly.

"Jail? Do you think the cell is cleaner than the Qinglou? I'm a little knowledgeable, and the guards there are indispensable to one or two little girls who plague it every night. ”

"That Nizi went to the Qinglou to sell herself, at least she looked good-looking, and she had the opportunity to redeem herself when she met a good person. Go to the cell, I tell you, that's the real darkness! came out with a broken shoe, worse than those vulgar fans in Qinglou. ”

Mrs. Wang scolded her head and face, which frightened Zhao Ping's whole person, and he was stunned in place, unable to say a word for a long time.

"You can have a snack, anyway, this matter is settled like this anyway, I don't have to go to the academy, just stay here and reflect." Mrs. Wang snorted coldly, walked out with the deed of sale, and closed the door with her hand.

In the dilapidated house with earthen walls on all sides, a faint ray of light penetrated through the dilapidated window and shone on the ground Zhao Ping's dull eyes.

After Mrs. Wang came out, she saw Zhao Chunxiang, swept away the bitterness in her chest, turned her head and smiled, and handed over the deed of sale, "Sister Chunxiang, this is not." ”

"Oh, the eldest sister is really reliable, then this matter is decided, I'll pick her up tomorrow." Zhao Chunxiang withdrew the deed of sale with one hand, glanced at it a few times, raised his head and smiled from ear to ear.

"Okay, let's go slowly." Mrs. Wang weighed the gold ingot in her hand, turned her head and saw Su Qiqiao standing in place, and was about to pick up the feather duster and beat it, but after thinking about it, this girl might be sold tomorrow, but it can't be broken.

So he reluctantly snorted coldly, "Sunizi, you can enjoy it for the last time today, I tell you, don't blame me, I can only say that your life is hard, my wife I have done my best!"

Throwing off this sentence, Mrs. Wang twisted her thick waist and walked away happily.

Su Qiqiao stood in place, his expression gloomy, and only after a long time did he turn around in a trance, a trace of determination flashed in his eyes, and he ran away quickly.

Many other little beggars who watched this scene were also embarrassed, silently crying, in the past half a year, they have not been less involved in the benefits of Su Qiqiao, learning crafts, earning copper plates, and now seeing her like this, they are naturally very distressed.

This empathy is really uncomfortable.

But that's all there is to it, dare to ask them, how can these little beggars who are unable to protect themselves redeem a little beggar who is also at the end of his rope?

Because every day, they are also struggling on the road of no return, and they often save themselves, but they can't save others.

In the past, Xia Yuxi often gathered them, taught them to read and write, and learned to write their own names, and once said, "Everyone is fate, and no one is responsible for it." ”

She asked all the little beggars not to believe this sentence, and then taught them the great truth that man will conquer the sky, what has a will, there is a way, and so on......

But now it seems that Xia Yuxi is not entirely right, the reality is often cruel, each of them struggles to resist under the shackles of fate, crying and laughing along the way, gritting their teeth and wanting to get ahead, but they have to be a slave of life......

They are no exception, and Su Qiqiao is no exception.