Mr. Aier had just returned from a business negotiation outside, and he was full of joy, but now his heart felt as uncomfortable as if he had been blocked by something. He stood there for a few seconds, and tapped the cane in his hand on the floor: "What are you going to do, do you want to make a fuss while I'm not at home?" ”

Madame Eyre, fifteen years younger than Mr. Al, and her legs and feet were still very neat, she hurried over to him, and put her arms on him, and said coquettishly: "Sir, you have to make decisions for me, Sally, she broke the rules, and went home at Christmas." ”

Mr. Eyre looked at the embarrassed Sally, then at his unreasonable wife, sighed, walked over, and didn't care about his body after a day of working outside, and insisted on helping Sally up.

Sally looked at Mr. Al with tears in her eyes, and her voice was weak and weak: "Grandpa Eyre, I swear I didn't come back on purpose to make trouble." I'm really fed up with that boarding school, and at Christmas, they didn't care about my food as a stayer, and the bread I had saved in advance was stolen by rats, and I was really hungry and couldn't come back. ”

Madame's eyes widened, and she said sternly to Sally: "In that case, why didn't you explain that you were hungry just now, and now you say this in front of the master, do you want me to be a bad person in front of the master?" ”

Sally bit her lip, and although she couldn't shed tears for the time being, her eyes were still red: "Even if I'm not hungry, can't I come back and eat something?" It's Christmas, and you're so cruel that I spend Christmas alone in a boarding school every Christmas? ”

Madame snorted, turned away, and stopped looking at her.

Mr. Eyre gently touched her head: "You have been wronged all these years, sit down and have Christmas dinner with us." ”

Sally nodded, and cried again aggrievedly. She couldn't understand why Mr. Eyre, if he was so kind to him, sent him to a boarding school that didn't require tuition, instead of an aristocratic school attended by other children.

She couldn't understand this, and she missed her sister thirty times, so she sat down on the ground, crying even though she was very tired. Mr. Al had no choice but to help her into a chair.

At this time, the maid brought the chef's newly prepared fried chicken.

Mr. Aier said to the maid, "Give me the fried chicken nuggets, and you can ask the cook to make another macaron." ”

The maid nodded: "Okay sir." ”

Mr. Eyre placed the huge plate in front of Sally, "The chef has just fried it, you can get some of it." After a while, the cake will also let you taste it first. But don't eat any more of these macarons, because the rest of us have to eat them too, and eating too many macarons will make your teeth go bad. ”

These words of concern completely touched Sally's young heart. She stopped crying, her eyes fixed on the plate, and gobbled it up.

When it was time for real dinner, in addition to the macarons, she had a lot of good things.

Although she was ridiculed by others during the period, Sally had a warm life this Christmas Eve.

In the evening, Mr. Eyre asked the maid to prepare a warm little room for her. She was able to sleep in a soft cot, which was a difference from the musty-smelling hard bed of a boarding school, and it was truly heaven here.

Just as she was about to sink into a sweet sleep, she suddenly wanted to go to the toilet. She tiptoed up and walked out the door, only to find someone in the bathroom.

She was in a hurry outside when she heard a conversation in the bathroom.

First, the voice of Mr. Al's third daughter: "Why is Dad so good to Sally? ”

Then came the voice of the eldest daughter-in-law: "I heard that Dad didn't want to raise this wild girl." She was entrusted to our dad by Mr. Dahl. Mr. Dahl also doesn't care about her, and he suggests that Sally go to the worst boarding school in Modo. You have to know that the boarding school is free and is exclusively for children and orphans who cannot afford to pay the school fees. This is enough to show that Dad doesn't like Sally, don't worry. ”

"If Dad doesn't like Sally, why do you have to pretend to be nice to her? It's really unpleasant to watch. The third girl complained.

"You fool, Dad is just acting for others to see, lest outsiders say that our whole family abuses her!"

"I see, sister-in-law, do you know how much alimony Mr. Dahl gave to his father?"

"All it was the medical bills for scarlet fever at the time, two bottles of fine red wine and an antique vase."

"Oh my God, then Sally ate the same food for the months when she was treating scarlet fever, didn't our family lose money?"

"It's not a loss, after all, the price of that antique vase can buy a small garden of dozens of square meters in Modo City, and that Sally can eat as much as he wants."

Sally covered her small mouth, tears kept falling, it turned out that Grandpa Aier's concern was also fake! It makes sense, if he really cared about himself, how could he send himself to the worst boarding school, how could he not ask the school teachers to take care of himself, and he would not even let himself come back for Christmas!

Mr. Aier's wife has always played the role of the bad guy, and Mr. Aier has played the role of the good guy, and the two sang and harmonized, which not only kept Mr. Aier's reputation, but also did not have to spend money on Sally. She looked at her worn school uniform and remembered her sister. In order to buy a new dress for her sister, my sister would rather go hungry herself. Sally felt pain in her heart and muttered, "Sister, I miss you so much, when will you come to pick me up." ”

At this time, Mr. Aier's six-year-old grandson ran out in a daze: "Mom, where are you?" ”

This child has long yellow and soft hair, a moist and smooth white face, and a cute milk voice, which is really cute, and people can't help but want to rub it or kiss it.

He didn't know that her mother was chatting with her sister-in-law in the bathroom, running around, and accidentally bumped into Sally.

Sally was angry, she didn't think this kid who was two years younger than herself was cute at the moment. Looking at this little child who has lived a prosperous life since he was a child, a resentment was born in his heart. She vented all her grievances on this weaker child, and she stretched out her hands and pushed Mr. Aier's little grandson towards the bathroom door.

The child's head slammed against the door, and he burst into tears.

The two women in the bathroom were so startled that they immediately walked out. When the eldest daughter-in-law saw her son like this, she screamed in fright, picked up her baby son, and kicked Sally to the ground: "Sally! You ugly child, you bully the weak at a young age, won't you be terrible when you grow up! ”

Sally clutched her chest and said word by word: "You hypocrites, you are disgusting! You're embarrassed to say ugly, I didn't learn it from you! ”

With a snap, Mr. Ayr's third daughter hit Sally again. A bright red slap print appeared on Sally's face.

Sally felt a star in her eyes and staggered to her feet, her small emaciated body staggering back and forth to find her way back to her room, trying to escape from here.

Unfortunately, she collided head-on with her wife again. Madame angrily pushed her aside: "You're causing trouble again!" I said I can't let you come, you want to come! Why don't I call a carriage to take you back to school now!" You hurt my grandson, and Mr. Aier will punish you. ”

Poor little Sally was in great pain in her heart, and the whole family did not like her, and now the gentleman who ostensibly liked her stayed in the room and did not come out.

She wiped away a handful of tears and ran out of Mr. Eyre's house in excitement, and no one followed. The night was pitch black, and I couldn't see my fingers clearly. Little Sally didn't look at the road at all.

The whistling sound pierced through the streets, and with the rapid air, a horse-drawn carriage sped freely along the main roads of the city of Modo. Sally's sudden appearance in front of it caught it off guard.

With a thud, Sally was once again physically tormented, and she was knocked off by the carriage......

When she woke up again, she found herself lying in a dilapidated clinic, surrounded by nothing but the pungent smell of potions. I glanced out the window, and the sun was shining straight in, and it was noon.

Mr. Aier was talking to the doctor.

The doctor was wearing a large white mask and revealing a pair of dark eyes, which could be seen that his expression was very hesitant and even evasive. He sighed, made up his mind, and said to Mr. Aier, "You also know that the medical level of my clinic is not very high. This child's leg can only be cured at the top hospital in Modo City, so it may be too late for you to send her there. If she stays in our hospital, then we can only amputate her leg. ”

Mr. Aier also sighed, shook his head, and said not a word.

"Of course I want her to stay in our clinic so that we can earn her money," the doctor added. But, as a doctor, I must not hurt her for my own money! But what is your attitude? Shouldn't a rich man like you decisively send her to the best hospital for her little daughter? ”

Mr. Aier crossed his hands, put them in front of his body, and pretended to be aggrieved and pouted: "She is not our child, I sent a telegram to her relatives, asking them to send medical expenses as soon as possible, you see the telegram I sent at one o'clock in the morning today, it is almost two o'clock in the afternoon, but the other party's money has not yet come, and there is no reply." ”

The doctor looked at one of the most reputable people in Modo City in amazement, and he didn't know where to put his hands, so he simply put them in the pockets of his white coat.

"Wait a day," said Mr. Eyre, "and if they don't reply to me, you will amputate the child." Our family doesn't have any extra money to take out for this child......"

"No extra money? You're really embarrassed to say it. The doctor sneered a few times, walked back and forth in this dilapidated clinic a few times, and sighed helplessly, "Okay, your money is yours anyway, and I can't advise you anything." Unfortunately, I am a poor boy, I bought most of the things in this clinic with IOUs, and I am still waiting for the medical bills of the patients to pay off the debts of my deceased parents, and I have no money to treat this girl's leg. ”

Bitter tears welled up in the doctor's eyes and seeped into the white mask. He lowered his head and smiled bitterly again: "This girl has no time to wait." If she really waits for another day, she will not be able to save her leg in the best hospital, and even her life will be threatened! I'll arrange surgery for her now, and you can pay for the anesthetic first. ”

Mr. Aier pulled the doctor's white coat: "Doctor, this anesthetic can not be beaten." ”

The doctor was furious, his eyes were full of anger, and he shook off Mr. Aier's hand and said, "I gave her the money for this anesthetic!" It's just a big deal to eat less meat! ”

Sally, lying motionless on the bed, listened to their conversation, her heart dripping blood, tears already soaking the pillow.

It turns out that Mr. Aier has always treated me as a burden, and he doesn't care about me. It turns out that my sister and Mr. Dahl don't care about me either, maybe they have long forgotten about my existence. Is my leg really going to leave me, it's so painful all over my body now, I can't even feel that it's the leg that's wrong.