Chapter 22: Jack
Jack's home is in the south of the city, and it is the most chaotic place in the whole of Cansley. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThere are haphazardly built shacks everywhere, and the slightest wind seems to blow them away.
The mossy stone pavement, the stench of the gutter next to it, and some of the wanderers in tattered clothes simply waded on the side of the road, looking dying.
Some people say that many corpses are thrown out of the city every day in the south of the city, all of them are dying wanderers. As a result, most of the people living in the south of the city are at the bottom of the entire Cansley City.
As far back as he can remember, Jack's home was south of the city, and Ark didn't want to go there after going there a few times.
"Meow".
Ark's leather boots made a strange noise as he stepped on the bluestone slab, and a scrawny black cat looked up at Ark curiously.
"Bang".
There was a violent crash in the room, as if the whole house was going to collapse at any moment.
Ark's eyes saw the house, it was a house, it was more of a house made of rotten wood, only one wall was made of stones, and the dilapidated wooden house even smelled musty because of the rain.
This is Jack's home, Yak frowned, there was a fierce fight in the house, and it seemed to be accompanied by the crying of children, I don't know why.
Ark recalls carefully, in his memory, Jack's family has a father and mother, and two younger sisters, but his father is an alcoholic, and whenever he has money, he goes to find alcohol to drink, and often gets drunk, and he doesn't care about the life or death of the children in the family.
It was Jack who worked as a clerk in the grocery store in Old York, and on the little salary he received every month, he saved money to support his family.
That's all Yak knew about Jack, maybe he knew more, but because he had changed souls, some memories were lost, and that's all he could remember.
The movement in the room grew louder and louder, and Ark couldn't hold back any longer, and strode straight towards the house.
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"How long are you going to drink? Do you want your mother to die of illness and my sister and I starve to death before you are willing?"
Jack's eyes were red, and he grabbed the two silver coins in his hand, which were the last possessions of the family, but now they were about to be snatched away by his alcoholic father.
The mother was already bedridden and could not move at all, and the two younger sisters were still so young that they could not survive at all. The drunkard father only cared about drinking, and didn't care about his father and sister at all, so Jack had no choice but to quit the grocery store and return home to take care of his mother and sister, and usually went to work as a helper to earn a copper plate or two to support the family.
And these two silver coins are also the last property of the family, and they are usually saved by Jack and his mother, but today they were discovered by the drunkard father, and they were immediately snatched away.
Jack's body is thin, but his drunkard father is burly, seeing that Jack refuses to let go, he waved his fist to greet Jack, but Jack said that he would not let go of anything, and desperately protected the two silver coins in his hand, because he knew that this was his mother's life-saving money.
"Little bunny, give me the silver coins, or I'll beat you to death!"
Once the burly drunkard father became addicted to alcohol, his six relatives did not recognize him, and Jack and his mother did not know how many times they were beaten since they were young.
But this time it was different, Jack said that he wouldn't let go of anything, even if he was killed.
The fists fell again and again, Jack's body hurt, but his heart hurt even more, he was really desperate, what is the point of staying in such a father and such a family?
Sometimes Jack even thinks it's better to die like this, for the sake of this family, for the sake of this alcoholic father, he gives up his dreams, gives up his future, and can't even have any ideas of his own.
He really had enough of such hopeless days!
"Stop. ”
Suddenly, the drunkard father felt his hand being grasped, and Jack was slightly stunned, and with the help of the dim light, he could see the man who was also thin, but in good spirits, and his eyes were like the sun shining with hope.
"Jack, do you want to be killed?"
The person who came was naturally Ark, he looked at Jack's drunkard father coldly, the other party didn't spare his hand just now, Jack had been beaten to the ground, and the drunkard father still didn't let go.
"Ark, why are you here?"
Jack struggled to stand up slowly, and the corners of his mouth were already bleeding red blood, and even the pressure was knocked off by the drunkard father.
"Little rabbit, why are you still looking for someone?"
Daddy Drunkard tried to get rid of Ark's hand, but he tried hard and found that he couldn't move. Although Ark's strength is not very strong, but the drunkard father is just a drunkard, what other power does he have?
Looking at the silver coin tightly guarded in Jack's hand, Yak probably knew what was going on, he took out a silver coin directly from his pocket, threw it directly to the ground, and then said to the drunkard father: "Don't get out of here!"
The drunkard father hurriedly picked up the silver coin, smiled, and didn't care about Ark's contemptuous tone, and left the house directly, with this silver coin, he didn't know how many more nights he would have to drink outside.
"Brother, I'm afraid. ”
"Brother, I'm hungry. ”
When the two scrawny little girls saw that the drunkard father was gone, they hurriedly threw themselves into Jack's arms, these were Jack's sisters, who looked like they had been malnourished for a long time, so their bodies were not developing much.
"Let's go see Aunt Mary. ”
Ark patted Jack on the shoulder, and then went to Mary's house, and found that Mary was indeed lying on the bed, and it was very difficult to even get up, and because he was not treated, he was already skinny and skinny, and looked very terrifying.
Leaving the oppressive room, Ark and Jack went outside, and although the sun was shining on them, Ark did not have a trace of warmth in his heart at this time.
"Jack, this is your life, haven't you thought about changing?"
Ark couldn't help but ask.
"Ever since I was born, I've watched my drunkard dad beat my mother, then me, and then my sister, and he sold everything valuable in the house for money. There is no hope in my life, how else can I change?Ark, sometimes I really envy you, although you don't have parents, but you have Uncle Reiner, Aunt Amanda, and Celie and Little Sister, they are your real relatives!"
There was no anger in Jack's eyes, only numbness and deep despair.
Seeing his best friend Jack so desperate, and even having lost hope for life, Ark felt a faint pain in his heart, he couldn't let Jack sink like this.
"Jack, believe me, everything will pass. I have a way to make your life better and make you do what you want!"
Yak said categorically, his eyes were even more intense on Jack, he wanted to arouse Jack's hope for life.