No.13 Because it's ugly
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On the day, the sky was already light, but the sky was still drizzling. It took nearly two hours, and my grandfather and I climbed many difficult hills and finally came to Zhengzhou City.
The old man carried some sparse vegetables and small dried fish, which he took to the Zhengzhou market to exchange food stamps, and I didn't want to trouble the old man again, so I planned to leave.
"Grandpa, goodbye! Thank you for saving your life, and I will definitely repay you next time. As I left, I said in a daze. The old man didn't say anything, but he looked at my departing back while guarding the vegetable stall, and his kind smile became a slit. Seeing the kind smile of the old man occasionally reminds me of my own grandmother.
The next thing is to make plans to go home, and I don't know how the woman is now? There was no connection, he was penniless, and the only seven cents he had yesterday were also searched by the robbers.
"Damn robbers!" I scolded in my heart that this bleak accident had caused me eight lifetimes of bad luck and lost my life.
The rain is not very heavy, and the people of Zhengzhou like it very much. It seems that after several droughts over a long period of time, a large number of crops could not continue to grow, which is the expectation of rain.
Although it is not as lively as Beijing, people still come and go, so Zhengzhou is also a lively small city.
I'm not hungry, but I'm cold. Walking aimlessly in the rain, I simply wanted to find my way home. However, Zhengzhou is still far from Beijing, and you need to take trains and buses. And now I am so poor that I live on the streets, and I may even starve to death on the side of the road after the next meal.
And for now, the only thing that can save me is money. If I have enough money, I can hope to go home.
Looking around, I went from house to house looking for a series of ways to earn money, hoping to find a job that could earn money as soon as possible, and barely survive.
The robber who woke up looked dejected, and he immediately unplugged his mobile phone, which had been charged overnight. "Fuck! You really made me wait for ......" When the man frantically opened the phone to flip through the contents, he found that there were many calls from the same note name on the phone.
"Hahahaha......" The robber was so happy that he shook his phone excitedly, "I have a lot of hope for making money......
So, like a wolf who had lost his soul, he took the initiative to dial the phone.
The woman was woken up by a call in her sleep, and then when she picked up her phone and saw that it was the phone number she had been waiting for, she was so excited that she couldn't hold the phone steadily.
"Hey...... How is my daughter? "The woman is desperate.
"Sure enough, it's her daughter......" The robber secretly agreed in his heart after hearing the other party's words.
"Oh. Ahem! "In order to deflect the awkward atmosphere, the robbers began to disguise a strong atmosphere." I'm sorry, but your daughter was kidnapped. β
"What!" The woman couldn't believe it, "You said that the ugly giant bus was kidnapped." Who kidnapped her? Why are they doing this? β
"I'm sorry. Your daughter was kidnapped because of a bunch of bad guys, and the owner who kidnapped your daughter was none other than our boss. If you want to save your daughter, our boss said that as long as you are willing to give 50,000 food stamps, or 100,000 yuan, he is willing to let your daughter go. "The robbers are still the same.
"Is that the only way? Alright then, I'll figure it out......" The woman was almost stunned by this astonishing huge sum, but considering the safety of the ugly giant's life, she had to think carefully.
"There is no other way! Our boss said, give you another five days, if the money hasn't been sent by the time, don't blame our boss for being ruthless to your daughter! β
"Okay, I promise you. But please don't hurt my daughter. As soon as the woman finished speaking, she nervously hung up the phone.
"What to do? What am I going to do? She sat paralyzed on the ground, but beads of sweat were pouring from her forehead.
50,000 food stamps? 100,000 RMB?
That's a huge amount for most people in this era. However, that person's life is also very important, and she can't die without help.
The woman who gritted her teeth hesitated around the room alone, although, in a pinch, she thought that someone could come up with the money. But what she knows is that that person doesn't owe her, if she does, then that person knows her true identity later, and how can she be embarrassed in the future?
Is there anything more important than money? The woman felt that she had made the wrong choice, but she only told the man last night that something had happened to her, and now she had to put pressure on him, and I am afraid that she will not be able to withstand a few tosses.
Suddenly, while the woman was hesitating, the man made a phone call......
"Have you contacted all the people over there?" The first thing the man said was to ask anxiously, and it seemed that the other party was not less worried about it.
"I'm sorry...... Mr. Fu, I've tried my best......" The woman didn't know why, she obviously wanted to say something, but when it came to her mouth, she changed her words.
"Didn't the people over there call either?" The man continued to ask.
"Hmm. I've been calling all the time, and it's turned off. β
"Isn't the ugly giant bus more auspicious this time...... Nope! It's not the way, we can't wait for ......," the man muttered to himself on the phone alone.
"I think I should plan to go to Xiangxi." While the woman was thinking calmly, the man suddenly said something that disturbed the woman's thoughts.
"No way!" The woman cried out.
"Why not?" The man was a little puzzled, "Didn't the ugly giant bus go to Xiangxi?" She probably happened in Xiangxi......"
"It's useless to go there!" The woman interrupted, "She's not in Xiangxi." β
"Then where is she ......," the man finally deceited something.
"I don't know, but I know very well that the ugly giant bus was kidnapped by robbers."
"Then why didn't you just tell me?" The man was a little angry.
"It's not that she didn't tell me, it's because ......" The woman didn't know how to speak.
"Because of what?" The man was very anxious, "She is Xue Zijin's daughter, she must not have an accident." If she has any strengths and weaknesses, I will be sorry for that person for the rest of my life......"
Listening to each other's words, the woman's heart twitched slightly, and the two people who were thinking about each other day and night were obviously close by a phone call, but they had to be forced to hide their identities for many years and pretend to be two strangers who were irrelevant, and they couldn't.
"It's okay, everything will pass." The woman tried to comfort, "It's not that I don't tell you, it's just that I feel very unwilling." Why do they want to do this to us, and why do they want to kidnap the ugly giant? In this way, we don't have to worry about whether we can raise the 50,000 food stamps or the 100,000 yuan......" The woman finally spoke up.
"You mean, the owner of the kidnapping wants us to exchange 100,000 yuan or 50,000 food stamps for hostages." The man understood the meaning of the woman's words.
"Hmm." The woman nodded stunned.
"That's it? What can't be told to me......" The man heard the clue, and no matter what the cost, he would not give up on the man. "In this way, you can contact the owner of the kidnapping now, ask them the address of the kidnapping of the ugly giant bus, as for the money, you can rest assured, it's all wrapped up in me." The man suddenly made a decisive decision.
"But......" The woman wanted to say something, but the other party had already hung up the phone. It seems that he can't wait to raise money.
A man in a black top hat and a black fur coat walked into a teahouse called "Yipin". When the shopkeeper heard about it, he immediately came to greet him.
"I've seen Director Zuo, I don't know what brought Lord Zuo here."
"Old Xu, do you remember the last time I worshipped you?" The man had some harmonious and strange tones.
"Oh." The shopkeeper immediately understood something, "If Saga-sama doesn't dislike it, can you go in and have a cup of tea with me?" "The shopkeeper seems to know some secret secret.
"Alright, let's go in and have a drink." The man tapped the shopkeeper on the shoulder slightly.
However, when the two of them entered, they didn't know that the boy who had been following him to the door of the tea shop for a long time also pretended to go in to drink tea.
Through a wall, the boy couldn't hear what the people inside were saying. He could only rely on speculation to know one or two.
"Director Zuo's favor last time, Xu is grateful."
"That's it......" The man smiled calmly and patted the other party's shoulder, "Don't worry, I didn't come to you this time to do anything big." I just want you to help me spy on someone. As he spoke, the man took out a photo from his pocket and gave it to the other party.
"Isn't this person already dead?" When the other party saw the person in the photo, he was immediately startled, "I remember that in the last major rebellion, I heard that this person secretly colluded with the anti-party, wasn't he killed in vain in that complete anti-rebellion operation?" β
"That's true, but in the end, it turns out that the man is not dead." The man decisively doubted, "Moreover, his identity is not just as simple as an undercover agent against the party, I heard that he also colluded with foreign messengers." He has repeatedly tried to use external forces to take the opportunity to kill important leaders of the CCP's organizational structure......"
"There is such a serious matter, it seems that I have to report it to my superiors secretly." After the man said this, the shopkeeper was even more suspicious of this person's identity, "Such a scourge, if it remains in the ranks of the CCP organization, it will suffer a great disaster." β
"Therefore, the purpose of coming to you this time is to thoroughly find out the evidence of this person's rebellion and external collusion, to find out the details of this person, and then to completely eliminate the ...... I heard that you have a wide circle of people in Beijing, so I can only ask Mr. Xu for the time being. β
"Lord Sa's last favor made me rich and inexhaustible, so you can rest assured that this matter will be wrapped up in me." The shopkeeper readily agreed.
"Don't worry, if it happens, this is indispensable." The man pinched a money gesture with his hand, leaned over and whispered to the other party.
"Remember, don't startle the snake, and act when the opportunity arises will not harm life."
As soon as the man finished speaking, he got up and left the tea shop in a dashing manner. The boy saw that the person who came out was so familiar, and subconsciously pulled the imposer on his head to the middle of his face. Then, he followed the man again, and as soon as he went out, he was followed by many bodyguards. So, it is impossible to get close to this person. Until, the boy watched the man get into the car.
It seems that the previous thing is not over yet. The boy slumped for a moment, then walked away.
I walked for a long, long time, but I didn't find any way to make money.
"Hey, have you heard? There seems to be a drama troupe in front of you to recruit people, Mrs. Wang, have you ever thought that you plan to send your daughter to the drama troupe and earn a lot of money every month? β
"Really? If I can earn enough money for my old man's expenses every month, I can consider it. β
"Oh, Madam Wang, don't hesitate. I know that your daughter was born like a flower, but you can't raise her for nothing. Moreover, people who can enter the troupe are not able to enter if they want to, your daughters are almost adults, and they are in line with the age of the troupe. β
β¦β¦ Listening to the conversation that came from above, this was probably the only way to make money at the moment, and I decided to give it a try.
Following the two of them, I entered a drama troupe, and it was really recruiting. Moreover, anyone under the age of 30 is fine. Thinking that I fit the bill, I decided to give it a try.
When I inquired about the recruitment master of the troupe, I followed behind many teenagers who wanted to sign up for the troupe as much as I did. I'm a little tall, and standing with this group of teenagers who seem to be children is particularly abrupt.
The troupe master came, and then she said something, "If you want to enter the troupe, you have to go through the first review......
Then the troupe asked all of us who came to sign up to stand in two rows. Then, she held a stick. For our two rows of people, look left and right.
"You, come out for me!" Suddenly, she pointed to a girl with a proud face in the front row.
"Yes!" Girls are an exception.
"Do you know why I called you out?" The troupe master also patted the stick.
"I don't know." The girl was a little shy, and looking at her pretty face, she should be the most beautiful one.
"Then I'll tell you." The drama master approached the girl in a somewhat mocking tone, "You have successfully audited, you have to listen to me in the future, and train well in the drama troupe." β
"Yes." The girl was very obedient to orders.
"You...... Come out for me too. Then immediately afterwards, the troupe master asked people to make an example one after another, and the people who were made the example were all approved anyway. After calling most of the people out of the ordinary, our team won a dozen or so people.
And then the rest, either ugly or sick. Everyone was a little nervous, and then looked at each other.
"You! Give it to me too...... "I was wandering when suddenly a stick came at me and disturbed my thoughts.
Unexpectedly, I was also selected to be heavy, and my heart pimples fluttered.
"You, stand here for me......" The troupe teacher pointed at me with a stick, and I was a little puzzled, and she called me alone.
"How old are you?" The first sentence of the troupe teacher was not to ask me about my age in a friendly manner.
"Twenty-six!" I readily agreed, and then, there were children around me who looked at me discriminately.
"Do you know why I called you out?"
"Don't know?" I was suddenly nervous and felt that she had a different attitude towards me. For a moment, his face turned red.
"You...... Are you married? She suddenly asked such a question, and I didn't know how to answer it for a moment.
"Nope." I readily agreed.
Then the troupe and the people around me laughed, and I thought I had said something wrong, and looked at those strange expressions with terrified eyes.
"You know, we don't recruit people who have ever been married in our drama troupe, although your conditions are all met, but yours has one condition that does not meet ......" she said in an extremely unfriendly tone.
"On what terms?" I hurriedly asked.
"That's why I'm calling you." She suddenly lifted my face with a stick, "Not only do you look ugly, but you're a little scary. I'm afraid, once an ugly face like you enters the troupe, don't scare my audience away......"
"You!" I was so angry that I shook off the stick and left in tears and rage.
It's because they're ugly that they're discriminated against. My desperate heart felt the urge to jump into the Yellow River.
Why? Why was it so ugly? When I left, even the pedestrians on the road hid from me.
It's night again, and despair eats away at my heart. At the end of the day, I didn't find any news to make any money. Cold and hungry, near the sound of death. I was still enduring the blows of the day, and at this moment, I wanted to cut my face with something. This night, it was rainy and never stopped.
On the other side of the night, a black figure was silent and desperate in the face of the ruins.
"I don't know, I heard that the owner of this house came back a day ago. The owner is a girl in her twenties, and I heard that the owner was still at home that afternoon before the incident, and the door was still open until the evening......"
The dark shadow recalled what the woman had said during the day, and the shadow grew in her heart. He didn't say anything, just quietly looked at the burned-out ruins in front of him, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and then he clenched his fist with his right hand unconsciously, but his eyes stayed on the iron box he was holding in his left hand, and he thought for a moment.
It was the only clue he could find through the rubble. If every miss is a matter of life and death, he'd rather never live......