Chapter 065: Past Pain
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Zhou Ziheng and I glanced at each other, walked in, and greeted her politely.
"Hello eldest sister!"
The woman, who was immersed in her own little world, was startled by our sudden voice, raised her head, squinted at us with her hands on the pergola, put down her hands, and continued to rub her clothes.
"You're here for an adventure, aren't you?" She asked in half-baked Mandarin, "If you want to drink water, go to the kitchen to drink it yourself, a big tank, you don't need money to drink it casually." β
"No, eldest sister, we're not going to explore, and we don't drink water, we just want to ask you about a place." I smiled and said, "Do you know how to get to Xujiawan?" β
The woman stopped and looked at us suspiciously.
"Xujiawan, who are you looking for?"
"Find ......"
"You don't necessarily know who you're looking for, there are so many people in a bay, just tell us how to go, okay big sister?" Zhou Ziheng intercepted my words and said with a smile.
The woman pursed her lips and began to rub her clothes again.
"How many people are talking as if you know." She said disdainfully, "There are a total of thirteen families in Xujiawan, and in the past two years, some people have worked outside to earn money, and three more have moved out, and there are only ten households left, and there are a few who have not come back for many years, you say, how many people can there be?" β
Belch......
Zhou Ziheng and I looked at each other, I didn't know that this was the case, Xujiawan Xujiawan, I thought it was a big bay, it turned out that there were a total of about ten households.
But when the situation is not clear, it is not good to rashly say Lao Xu's name, what should I do?
I was worrying when a barefoot child suddenly ran out of the house, who had just woken up, called his mother in the local dialect, and when he saw us two strangers, he timidly snuggled up to the woman, peeking at us with swarthy eyes.
Zhou Ziheng looked at him, took out a ten-yuan bill from his pocket and handed it to him.
"Take it and buy candy." He said.
The eyes of both the child and the mother lit up.
Such a timid child took the money without hesitation, took it and ran.
"Andy, come back!" The woman shouted.
The child retreated again.
The woman snatched the money and stuffed her hand full of soap bubbles into her pocket.
"Where do you use such a big amount of money to buy sugar, there are two cents on the table in the house, take it and buy it!"
The child pursed his lips and hurried back to the house, and Shaoqing came out again.
It's only ten yuan, Zhou Ziheng and I glanced at each other, and he took out two more fifty and handed them over.
"Eldest sister, seeing that it's getting dark, please show me the way, and when we come back, I'll thank you again."
The light in the woman's eyes became brighter, she took the money, and told us the location of Xujiawan in detail.
We thanked her again and again and went out.
After walking a short distance, the woman chased after her again.
"I've got to tell you." She panted and said, "Xujiawan has not been peaceful in the past two days, if you can't find anyone when you go, go to the east of the village, that family is the only foreign surname, surnamed Feng, is my cousin, don't go back when it's dark, just stay at his house for a night, just say that I introduced it, my name is Yang Sanmei." β
We were very surprised, at first we had the impression of her as a gossip woman who was greedy and cheap, but now we see that there is still some simplicity of mountain people in our bones.
In order to express his gratitude, Zhou Ziheng gave her another fifty money, and we said goodbye to her and got back on the road.
According to the direction pointed out by Yang Sanmei, we went all the way to the west, following the sun that also moved westward, and walked into the mountain.
At the beginning, looking at the waterfalls and streams along the way, the mountains and flowers were gorgeous, it was quite interesting, and he couldn't walk while walking, Zhou Ziheng began to be coquettish, saying that he was tired and sleepy, and he couldn't walk, so he had to hold him.
I had no choice but to help him walk half-in and half-in tow.
To tell the truth, it is really difficult for him to let a pampered son-in-law follow me all the way to the depths of this mountain.
Zhou Ziheng wants to know this, and he can probably skin me and cramp me on the spot.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, we finally found Xujiawan after several twists and turns.
Zhou Ziheng went the opposite way and went to Yang Sanmei's cousin's house first.
My cousin, who was over 60 years old and lived alone, heard us say the name of Yang Sanmei, and welcomed us very warmly, bringing us mountain spring water and a basket of boiled peas.
I've never eaten it before, but it tastes quite fresh, and after a break, we began to ask him about Lao Xu, and asked him if there was a young girl named Xu Minghui here.
As soon as the old man heard us talk about Lao Xu, his face suddenly changed, and he was secretive, waving his hand and not wanting to say more.
Later, it was Zhou Ziheng who gave him fifty yuan, and then silently pointed to a taller family in the west.
Zhou Ziheng and I went over.
The house was not big, there was not even a courtyard wall, and there was a woman about thirty years old sitting at the door, not tall, with yellow skin, and her eyes were full of bones when she saw a living person.
"Who are you looking for?" When she saw us walking straight to her, she stood up from the stool and looked at us warily.
"Looking for Xu Minghui, is she at home?" I stepped forward and said, I don't know who Lao Xu is, so I didn't dare to call it rashly.
The woman's face suddenly darkened.
"I don't know, I don't know, there's no such person here!" She said with a straight face, and blasted people out without saying anything, "Go find it somewhere else, there is no here, go and go!" β
Boom, a pair of hands almost threw us in the face.
"No, no, what's the hurry, go step by step!" Zhou Ziheng was also anxious, staring at her and yelling at her.
"Hey, you foreigner, you're quite arrogant!" The woman crossed her waist and shouted, "If you don't leave, I'll call someone to beat you!" β
"Who's cross, who's cross?" Zhou Ziheng was even more angry, I saw that the momentum was wrong, and quickly pulled him away.
When I couldn't see anyone, Zhou Ziheng waved his fist angrily and asked me, "Could it be that I was looking for the wrong door?" β
"No, that's right." I said, "That woman is wearing Lao Xu's clothes. β
That's right, I recognized the woman's clothes at a glance as Lao Xu's, she packed up her clothes that day, and I asked her why she was carrying so much, and she was holding that one in her hand at that time.
Zhou Ziheng was stunned.
"Then you didn't just say that?"
"It could have been worse." I said, "Didn't you hear her say to call someone?" β
"What about shouting people, we don't have anything to do, can we really fight?" Zhou Ziheng said with a stiff neck.
"That's not a real fight." I said, "Didn't the driver say anything when he came, the people here are very savage, and they don't care about it." β
"What then?" Zhou Ziheng said that Rao is such a smart person as him, and he is also stunned at the moment.
"Let's go back to the old man's house first!" I said, "Ask him what's going on, it's really not good, don't you have money, give him more money." β
"Let's go!" Zhou Ziheng said, "But you can't give too much money, too much will make people feel crooked." β
"Then give two first." I said, "I find you very clever at changing change." β
"It's hard to be praised by you." Zhou Ziheng said, "I have read a report before, saying that in the mountains, many people have never seen a hundred dollars, so if they don't want it, they will ask for ten yuan, and fifty will reach the sky." β
As we talked, we walked back to the old man's house.
When the old man saw that we were depressed, he knew that we had returned in vain, and advised us not to look for it again, to rest at his place for the night, and to leave at dawn.
How can we be willing, soft grinding and hard bubbles plus money inducement, and an hour later, finally pry open the old man's mouth.
"Minghui, that kid, it's all good, but it's not good." The old man said, "We are poor and backward in the mountains, and there are few female dolls in these years, and the better ones start to say goodbye at the age of fourteen or fifteen."
Ming Hui was promised by her father at the age of fifteen, and the bride price was also accepted, the family was very satisfied with her, funded her to study, she was smart, she was admitted to the university as soon as she took the exam, and she was still a famous brand, when she went to college, her mother-in-law's family also held a banquet to entertain relatives and friends.
The two families agreed that they would get married when she graduated from college, but who knew that she talked about another one at school, and was discovered by Li Zi, who was her object.
As soon as Li Zi came back, her mother-in-law's house came to make trouble, and Minghui and her brother went to school to tie her up, saying that they would get married at that time.
Minghui didn't do it, she didn't eat rice for three days and three nights, but no one dared to care, her father was ruthless, saying that a good woman would rather let her starve to death than let her lose their family's face.
Later, seeing that the baby was dying, a foreigner came, who was the object of Minghui's conversation at school, driving a car and carrying a box of money, and when the courtyard was opened, it was full of red notices.
Minghui's father saw that the money was open, and accepted the money from others, so he let the baby go with the family, and returned the Li family's relatives and lost a lot of money. The rest of the money was used to build a house for his son and marry his daughter-in-law.
The two families are at peace with each other, everyone thinks that Minghui has really found a good partner this time, and everyone envies her, and even her father, mother, brother and sister-in-law are for her.
Who knew that after half a year or a year, she came back alone, and the descendant who took the money to pick her up didn't want her anymore.
As soon as the rumors spread, the family immediately turned their faces, feeling that she had lost face to the family, her father didn't take care of her mother, and her sister-in-law was not a sister-in-law anymore.
The baby was in a hurry and pulled a rope and hanged herself, but she was not hanged, and was saved by her brother, the family was afraid of her life, and did not dare to force her again, who knew that after a few days, she was found to be pregnant.
There was more gossip, spitting Xingzi and drowning people, and their family couldn't stand it, so they cut off relations with her directly and drove them out. On the day she left, she passed by my door, and a good girl was tortured, carrying a broken schoolbag, and it was raining heavily, and she didn't even have an umbrella.
Yiwanzi's surname is Xu, all of them stood at the door of their homes and watched her, no one sent her an umbrella, I found a piece of plastic sheet to drape her, she didn't want it, so she left, this step, is five years back.
It is said that the baby has a strong temperament, maybe she will die outside, who knows that she will suddenly come back, silly child, this time she fell into the tiger wolf's den again! β