Leng Ping took a piece of coarse cloth from the store, reluctantly glanced at his mother for the last time, and then covered the cloth.

"Let's go, go as far as possible." The shopkeeper said unceremoniously with his hands on his back.

"Old man," Zhuo Lengping suddenly turned around and knelt down at him, "My mother must at least have a place to be buried, please ...... it"

"Money," the shopkeeper wrenched a few fingers, "you have no money and you want something for me?" I knew you wanted to me! ”

Zhuo Lengping was anxious, and hurriedly kowtowed to him: "I want to borrow you a shovel, anything is fine, and when my mother is buried, I will definitely return it!" Please......"

"Tell you two words: no." The shopkeeper said in a stern tone, "You don't have anything to use as collateral, I'll give it to you for nothing, you poor girl ran away with it, how to talk about returning it!" I'm treating you well, so don't get any more inches, okay? ”

She lowered her head and began to cry, and the tears fell to the ground. She took a step forward on her knee, knocked her head four or five times in a row, and said with a sob, "Please! My mother ......"

"Don't come here for this, I still have to go back to work, I don't have time to see you pretend to be pitiful here." The shopkeeper shook his hand and locked the door slammed shut, and the lock slammed again, a sound that deeply irritated her, as if to tell her that there was no one here to help.

She held the car with one hand and whimpered in the deserted streets, but no one could hear her cry, only the cold wind that blew her tears away over and over again.

The crying gradually stopped, and Leng Ping gritted his teeth again and wiped his face soaked with tears. She could only get back to her feet and push her mother hard.

When she walked to a field outside the city, she stopped the car, only to find that her arms were sore, her feet were numb, and she was so tired that she collapsed directly on the mud floor, gasping for breath. After a while, she rolled over and got up again, lifted her mother out of the car, and let her lie down gently.

Then, Leng Ping knelt on her knees and dug up the wet and soft soil with her two hands, one piece, one piece, even if there was no burial place, she wanted to dig a grave for her mother.

God knows how long she'd been digging alone, but her hands were covered with a thick layer of black mud as if they had been coated with a layer of paint. The makeup she wore in the Lu family had already been dirty by the dirt, and no one would have thought that this was still a woman's appearance.

"What for?" Suddenly, she heard someone shouting behind her.

As soon as Leng Ping turned around, he saw an officer and soldier in short clothes, holding a long knife in his hand, frowning his forehead, looking here.

"I'll ask you again: What for?"

"I ...... I'll bury my mother. Leng Ping replied timidly.

"Outside this city, how can you and other grass people bury human corpses at will? I advise you to go out early and buy a cemetery! ”

Leng Ping glanced at him coldly, then stopped pleading, honestly carried his mother back to the car, without saying a word, holding two handles, and pushed straight back to the city.

It was dark, the doors were closed, and not a single light was on. Zhuo Lengping pushed his mother to the corner of an alley, leaned against the wall, raised his eyes and looked around, and couldn't even find the moon.

She couldn't see anything in the thick darkness of the night, and slowly began to feel fear. She heard the wind around her through the streets, like a ghost crying wolf; The 'squeak' of the cart makes people uneasy. She closed her eyes timidly, not wanting to be swallowed up by the night.

But not long after, Leng Ping got rid of his fear and opened his eyes slightly. Because she knows that there is absolutely no escaping the matter now, and she should face up to her situation and not make the situation more difficult.

It's ridiculous to say that she is just an insignificant little woman, what can she do to change the status quo?

She found a glimmer of light in the many unknown answers in her mind, and this light seemed to pierce the night sky: only by selling her unique advantages into precious 'goods', and making discerning men affirm the value of these 'goods', can she let herself live, can she live with dignity, and she will not have to grovel in front of them and beg for mercy.

But Zhuo Lengping is penniless and has no advantage of having a lot of money; Born in poverty, there is no advantage of the right to cover one side; Although the appearance is passable, it is not a beauty who has captivated the country and the city, let alone the advantage of beauty.

She has the so-called advantage, although Zhuo Lengping herself does not know, but she will one day be able to tell everyone with full confidence: her only value is the intelligence of penetration.

Strange to say, her intelligence has detached herself from herself, and has become something that is clearly priced to the outside world like goods.

It's sad, but it can only be a living reality.

The dawn of the day seemed to be a little earlier than usual. Before Leng Ping woke up, the golden light in the sky wrapped her mother and daughter tightly.

Leng Ping slowly opened his eyes in the sunlight, let go of the hand that was gripping the handlebar, and straightened up. She was sober for a moment, and then she began to push her mother away again.

When she came to a house, she saw a man coming out from behind the door, and she knelt before him and said, "Burial of my mother, for I am penniless." ”

The man looked at her hesitantly, but without saying a word, he walked aside.

Leng Ping didn't complain, dusted off his clothes, got up, pushed the cart, and continued to walk along the alley.

She was turning out of the alley, and when she didn't pay attention, she hit her head on a pedestrian, so she hurriedly took a few steps back and apologized.

The man was still puzzled: "You don't walk with long eyes, just say a few sorry and it will work?" ”

"It's ......"

"You are such a woman's house, what are you doing when you don't stay at home? It's so rude! With a wave of his sleeve, he walked straight into the distance.

Leng Ping shook his head, ruffled his hair, grabbed the handlebar firmly, and hurried away.

She walked to the end of the city, and asked all the people along the way, but none of them agreed to bury her mother. Leng Ping sat by the wall, did not shed tears, just silently raised his head.

"The county lord is coming, the county lord is coming, and the idle people are dispersed as soon as possible......"

She heard the gong striking three times beside her, and when she turned her head, there was an official about six feet long, escorted by three or five sergeants, striding down the steps from the palace.

"Idle people and others will disperse as soon as possible!" The official who struck the gong shouted loudly again.

After listening to the cold screen, I didn't dare to hesitate anymore. At this moment, I can't care about any more crimes, it's a big deal to die! She thought.

Leng Ping didn't say a word, gritted his teeth, rushed to the official, and was about to pounce, but was stopped by several officers and soldiers.

"Be honest!"

The soldier grabbed her neck with his thick arms, making Leng Ping breathless for a long time, and he was almost strangled to death.

"Let her go."

Leng Ping suddenly fell to the ground.