Chapter Seventy-Five: A Little Loneliness
The two of them had not been sitting for a while, and the laughter alarmed the turtle paws, who were guarding the side, and he came over with a curse, and ordered them not to rest, but to work as soon as they had finished eating.
Bai Ling and Ai Songqing glanced at each other, and then realized that Fang Cai was indeed a little forgetful, and the two of them stood up with a smile, patted the ashes on their bodies, and continued to start the second half of today's coolies.
They wiped down the same tables, chairs, and floors as they had been yesterday. It's only been a day, and these things are just as dirty today.
Even if they cleaned them now, when they came back tomorrow, they would still be covered with the dirt from last night's guests' feet and the fat powder from the dancers' faces.
The railings outside are like wind-blown dust, and there are still dripping red wax under the lights inside the house.
Wipe it every day, the sun sets gray, but you still have to wipe it every day......
Bai Ling suddenly felt that he had really become the mythical Sisyphus, pushing the boulder up the mountain day after day, day after day.
On the second day, everything was back to square one.
She remembered a previous argument with Bai Yi about Sartre and Camus...... If Bai Yi was still by her side now, she would have a lot of new insights to tell him.
The movement in Bai Ling's hand couldn't help but slow down slightly.
After being sent to Baihuaya for so many days, she felt a little lonely for the first time in the heavy work.
……
At night, they were again sent back to the tower.
Most of them were assigned much heavier work today than before—probably because of the unpleasant morning scene, and the turtlepaws immediately taught them a lesson for the day.
The four girls who had not eaten all day were curled up in bed at the moment, and they really had no strength - these four people were assigned the heaviest work today, and one of them fainted directly in the afternoon, and then was directly woken up by the turtle's paw with a whip in the spring cold of February.
As soon as Bai Ling and Ai Songqing entered the house, they felt that the room was noticeably quieter.
Everyone looked at them, and then everyone looked back.
Bai Ling went to her nest in the northwest corner, as usual—the sack she used to cushion the floor was gone, and when she looked closely, she and Songqing found that the thin blanket between her and Songqing was damp, apparently watered.
Such a quilt will definitely not be able to cover it at night.
"Who did it?" Bai Ling asked.
When no one answered, she turned around, swept her gaze over everyone in the room, and asked again, "Who did that?" ”
Her eyes swept over Ai Qian, who was sitting on the bed in the middle of the room, and she laughed silently.
Bai Ling dropped the wet blanket in his hand and walked straight to Ai Qian, "You did it?" ”
Ai Qian's pale face turned to Shang Bai Ling's condescending gaze, "It's me, what do you want-"
Before she finished speaking, Ai Qian only felt a chill on her body, and her blanket was directly lifted by Bai Ling - Bai Ling actually came directly to grab her blanket.
Ai Qian screamed and hurriedly grabbed the corner of the blanket, but her hands were powerless, and she fell directly to the ground under the pull.
"It's easy to admit it." Bai Ling said softly, "You are also quite open, quite good." ”
"Don't go too far, Bai Ling!" The girl on the side hurriedly stepped forward to help Ai Qian - they didn't pay much attention to the dispute between the two of them, but they never thought that Bai Ling would directly bully the weak like this, "Ah Qian, she hasn't eaten all day today, what if she gets cold and gets sick again?" ”
"She gets sick when she gets cold, so I don't get sick when I cover a wet blanket at night?" Bai Ling asked coldly.
The girls were stunned, "You...... How can you be unreasonable? ”
"No one forced her not to eat today, but she almost caused everyone to skip eating with her."
Bai Ling folded Ai Qian's blanket and hugged it in his arms a few times, turned around and left. Even she herself was amazed—the girls around her looked at it like this, disgusted, or surprised, but no one came out to stop her.
About the time Ai Qian poured water on her blanket before, everyone looked at it the same way......
"Coward! Vile! Shameless!! Ai Qian cried, "I was forced to do this job, and I had to rush to help them with the work...... You—you're going to get retribution sooner or later! ”
Bai Ling stopped and turned around, "...... For example, did you eat a few more raw fried foods in the morning? ”
Ai Songqing snorted and laughed, and then realized that this occasion was really not to laugh, she lowered her head a little embarrassed, and grabbed her sleeves with both hands.
"Are you embarrassed?" The girl who had been supporting Ai Qian stood up, "Everyone agreed to go on a hunger strike and observe the festival, just because you are alone-"
"Did I force you to eat?" Bai Ling's voice suddenly raised, "Are you on the front bowl yourself?" ”
"......" The girl was stunned for a moment, and then said angrily, "But if it weren't for the fact that you gave in first, how could everyone give up!" ”
"Even if you all go on a hunger strike, I still have the courage to pick up the bowl alone," Bai Ling laughed, "Now that I'm going to pick up the bowl alone, your hunger strike will collapse?" I think you might as well just start working so you don't have to go hungry. ”
The man was about to cross-examine, but the person next to him sighed and said with some sadness, "It's all ...... Take a step back. If we fall into this kind of place, we won't have this kind of infighting again......"
"Yes, everyone has to put out the fire, and if you have something to say...... Let's not hurt the peace. ”
In the midst of the peacemakers, Bai Ling glanced at Ai Qian again. The little girl was sitting on the bed, trembling with anger, her little face was pale, and her eyes staring at her were plainly annoyed.
At this moment, Bai Ling suddenly felt that a girl like Ai Qian seemed to be cute.
"Even if it's a moth, it doesn't have to be a fire." Bai Ling said suddenly, she looked at Ai Qian, and said in a low voice, "There is one thing, don't you think it's strange? ”
The crowd looked at Bai Ling.
"The bustard kept saying that she spent a lot of money on us, and she didn't make a loss-making business, so she asked us to work hard." Bai Ling said softly, "In a place like Baihuaya, let all the sisters who are like flowers wipe the floor...... Isn't this a lost deal?
"You ladies are versatile, even if you don't show your head every night, send a little song behind the curtain to sing a song, and it is estimated that you can get a lot of money in one night...... The money earned is estimated to be able to hire a lot of real laborers, and let them do these rough jobs, which must be more efficient than us.
"So what the hell does that bustard girl want to do," Bai Ling said softly, "aren't you curious? ”
The room was quiet again.
"How simple it is to go on a hunger strike, there will be turtle paws delivering food tomorrow morning, you can continue." Bai Ling said softly, "But I won't participate in anything, and none of you will come to trouble me in the future." ”
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