Chapter 502: A Ruined Abode
Liang Xue let Maolong control Liu Guang.
Liu Guang took their consciousness and came to Zheng Ying's house.
In the middle of the courtyard is a machine that draws water, and next to it is a large water tank.
The yard is not large, and houses are built on all sides, and the houses on the west side are made of concrete, and the doors and windows are locked.
On the east side, it should be a cowshed, two large and one small old cow, bowing their heads and grazing in the cow trough.
When he saw the living man, he just glanced at it and continued to eat.
In the south of the house, you can see the head of a tricycle, and the dog is tied under the tricycle.
The dog barked wildly, "Liu Guang" didn't pay attention, he walked directly towards the house in the east corner of the north where Zheng Ying was.
"Huh? Brother Guang, why are you here? Aren't you going home? Zheng Ying asked with a grin.
Liu Guang grinned stiffly: "Hehe... I'm just here to see you and see how your home is! ”
"Oh, this is not my house, this is my second uncle's house! Come on, come in and sit down for a while! ”
Zheng Ying greeted politely, and said, "I came out when I heard the voice, I'm doing my homework, and there are still some good things after finishing my homework, do you want to see it?" ”
"Look! Of course, you say it's not your home, so what about your home? ”
Although it was Liu Guang who was talking, it was actually Liang Xue's will, and he was very curious about what that good thing was after a while.
But he was more curious about why this guy lived at his second uncle's house instead of his own.
"My home! It fell into disrepair and collapsed.
The old-fashioned mud house is still a bungalow, but it's not this kind of big tile house!
What is the sentence in the text?
Oh, I think about it, this is staying, hahaha, I'm staying at my second uncle's house! ”
Zheng Ying said as he entered the room, he didn't sit on a chair and do his homework on the table; Instead, he sat on a small pony and sat on a chair doing his homework.
Liang Xue looked at the homework, it was all shown to him by his godfather and godmother before, and those questions should be very simple to him, because Liang Xue also thought it was very simple.
A guy like this guy who was said to be a genius by his godfather and godmother should be better than himself, although he doesn't want to admit it.
Liang Xue looked around the room, and after entering the house, a musty smell rushed to his nose.
On the left side of the door is a bed, and inside, against the east wall, there is a large bed.
The two beds were all messy, with some dirty bedding thrown away.
"Do you sleep in this kind of bed?" Liang Xue asked.
Zheng Ying sat down and nodded: "Well, the big bed over there belongs to my grandparents, and the bed over here is me and my father, but my father went out to work, I told you, haha, make do with it." ”
"What about your grandparents?"
"Grandma is gone, that is, she is dead, and our side will say that she is dead, but she will only say that she is gone.
Grandpa is an old teacher, he has been wandering around all day since he retired, maybe he went to his old colleagues' house to play, anyway, he came back after dark, it's still early! ”
Liang Xue frowned: "Are you color blind?" It's dark now! ”
"Isn't it just dark? By about 10 o'clock, my grandfather would have come back drunk, and he hadn't come back at this time, so he must have been with his old colleagues, eating side dishes and drinking. ”
"And what do you eat for the night?" Why don't I buy you some! ”
Before Liang Xue's voice fell, Zheng Ying replied without raising her head while writing her homework: "No, no, if you're hungry, I'll make you some, or you can go home and eat in a while, my food here is not good, I'll just make do with it every day." ”
Liang Xue was a little distressed.
Because if this environment allowed him to live, he would rather burn down the whole house with a fire, what the hell is this place, it is not inhabited by people at all.
In short, it feels like a slum to him.
And this child is the poor genius in the slums.
Grandpa is an old teacher, grandma passed away again, no mother, father went out to work, only one child was fostered in the second uncle's house.
Looking at the appearance of the second aunt just now, that expression seemed to be extremely disgusted, but she didn't say it, but her micro-expression had become an exaggerated expression.
It seems that this guy's classmates should be disliked when they come home.
Liang Xue was very unhappy, and her first feeling was anger.
Because he couldn't figure out why this guy could be so smart when his living environment was so poor.
If it's talent, then his father and grandfather should be smart people, and his intelligence should come from genetics, but looking at this situation, it's not like it at all.
"What does your dad do?"
As soon as Liang Xue exited, Zheng Ying was a little suspicious.
"How many times have you asked this, he works! I don't know what to do, anyway, it's a very dirty and tiring kind of work, in the city, or in the provincial city!
Just do it, sit on the bed, there are no stools in this room, and there are no chairs!
The desk was so oily that I was afraid of staining my homework book, so I wrote my homework on the chair. ”
Liang Xue walked over and touched the dark table on the table, and the feeling of her hand was cold and a little sticky.
"How long has this table not been wiped down? Do you sprinkle the soup on top of your meals? Liang Xue was a little disdainful, and her first reaction was that she felt that this kid was very unhygienic.
Zheng Ying smiled bitterly: "What?
I wipe the table every day!
I used to wash it clean, but my dad and my grandpa, they used to drink on the table.
I got dirty, wiped it once or twice, and after a long time, I didn't bother to care!
That's right, it's all vegetable soup as you said! When the soup dried, the oil stuck on the table.
It can't be wiped clean. ”
Liang Xue did find that this kid's homework and textbooks were all brand new.
These books have been at least a few months old, and although they are new in the third grade, they are too new.
It seems that what he said is true, Liang Xue nodded in acquiescence.
He sat on the bed, the bed creaked, and Liang Xue groped wildly, feeling that the futon was damp.
"Shit, you bastard, did you wet the bed?" Liang Xue quickly stood up.
Zheng Ying glanced back at him helplessly.
"I'm sorry, Brother Guang! When you came from the yard just now, there was just a clothesline in the yard, and we had to go back on Saturday after school and on weekend afternoon.
I don't have time to dry the quilt on weekend mornings!
You should also know in school, my quilt is very clean, how can I wet the bed?
Mainly on the morning of the second day, that is, tomorrow morning, my second aunt is going to dry the quilt, and she dries it every day, so my grandfather's quilt and I have no place to dry.
The clothes I washed had to be taken back to school to dry, and tomorrow morning I could only put them on the back of this chair and dry them briefly, but they couldn't dry in the afternoon, so I had to put them in a plastic bag and take them back to school.
I guess I will do it overnight, after all, it's summer. ”
Liang Xue then remembered, yes, it's summer.
It's already summer, shouldn't you use a mat? How do you still sleep on the futon?
Looking at what he is wearing, it is simple, the school uniform and clothes are the same as the children in the school, and there is no distinction between wealth and wealth.
But when I looked at the shoes on his feet, they were cloth shoes with worn holes.
Although I sewed once or a few times with very fine manual needlework, I could still see that the toes were already about to be drilled out.
"What's there to do in this homework, don't write it yet, take me to see your good stuff, what's it?"
Liang Xue couldn't stay anymore, because the musty smell in the house was really hard to breathe.
Zheng Ying pursed her lips: "Okay then, anyway, I'll finish writing in a while at night, it's a big deal to light a candle." ”
Liang Xue was also unresponsive, or Liu Guang's body, so that his consciousness was not felt at all.
It's like being in a dream.
Everything in front of me has a dim feeling.
Now it was dark and there was no light in the house.
This guy's second aunt has already turned on the light, and the faint light is in, and the words on the book are almost invisible.
But this guy still lies on it and writes his homework.
He didn't turn on the lights, and even said that he would light candles for a while, was he so poor?
Zheng Ying explained in a low voice: "Brother Guang, don't say it, it's my second aunt who thinks I cost electricity, and my grandfather also likes to write calligraphy at night, and if he stays up late for a long time, the electricity bill is very expensive, and a lot of electricity will be used, so my second uncle pinched our shop." ”
"Is it your second aunt, or does your second uncle think you are spending electricity? How much is one kilowatt-hour of electricity? Liang Xue was already furious.
Zheng Ying shrugged: "It's about a few cents per kilowatt-hour!" ”
"Damn it, how many cents? Lao Tzu was in a small town, and it cost me more than 100 just for a lunch. Liang Xue muttered quietly.
Zheng Ying walked to her grandfather's bedside and knelt on one knee.
He pulled out several cardboard boxes from under the bed, one of which was full of paper, and the other was tinkling, as if it were something metal.
Liang Xue leaned over and grabbed some of the papers in the box, although it was not clear to read, it was completely recognizable, and there were drawings drawn on it.
The contents of the other box were made of aluminum, and there were also ironware, which were rusty, and some pieces of broken iron in the corners and corners, and some iron wire.
"Damn, what are you doing with all this stuff? Are you picking up the rags? Liang Xue felt that these were all waste, and they were completely useless.
Zheng Ying smirked: "Look at it, I'll put it together for him in a while!" ”
As he spoke, he had already poured out the contents of the box.
Then he sat directly on the ground and began to put it together.
Liang Xue rubbed her foot on the ground a few times, it was not a floor tile or a wooden floor, nor a cement floor, but land.
Is their family already so poor?
"You get it first, I'll go out to the bathroom!"
Liang Xue made an excuse to leave, he didn't go to the toilet at all, but thought of his second uncle's house to see what was different between the two rooms.
"Okay, there you go, on the southeast corner!
Next to the toilet is a pigsty, don't fall down!!
It's full of shitholes! ”
Zheng Ying laughed as she spoke.