Chapter Seventy-Eight: She Fell into the Same River Twice
On a rainy day, the road was slippery, and the woman held the package in her arms tightly with one hand and the umbrella in the other, struggling to move through the heavy rain, moving little by little in the direction of her daughter like an ant.
While passing by a noodle stall, a yellow-haired dog suddenly shouted at her, and the woman was startled, and the umbrella fell into the mud, and she fell into the river on one side.
Even in the river, she clung to the package in her arms, as if she was clutching her only life-saving straw and refused to let go.
Ah Sha saw a tall gray figure jump into the river in the dim skylight, and pulled the woman up.
That's Zheng Yu.
It turned out that he was right, he didn't lie to people, the thief Zheng Yu really went to save people.
Zheng Yu struggled to pull the woman to the shore, and the owner of the stall on the side also breathed a sigh of relief, and kicked aside the dog in front of him who had been baring his teeth and barking at the woman, and the dog whimpered and barked, looking at the owner suspiciously, not understanding why he was kicked.
The noodle stall owner didn't care about his puppy, he scooped a bowl of freshly boiled hot water from the pot and sent it over, fed the woman to drink, and saw that the woman coughed a few times and came back to life, Zheng Yu and the noodle stall owner were relieved.
After the woman woke up, she seemed to be stunned, and she didn't thank the two of them, she stood up with the package that was already wet in her arms, and walked towards the small courtyard of Ah Sha in a daze, muttering to herself that she wanted to give her daughter her favorite hot white sugar cake, and this time Ah Niang put a lot of sugar.
Eat more sugar, and you won't feel bitter, right?
Seeing that the woman did not hold an umbrella, Ah Sha braved the wind and rain all the way to the door of the small courtyard like a wet water ghost, and asked someone to say that she wanted to see her.
What did you say at that time?
If you don't see her, let her die.
She looked at the woman's pale face, and she didn't get angry when she heard what Qingping said to her, she just pulled the corners of her mouth open, pulled out a stiff and charitable smile, and asked Qingping to hand over the white sugar cake that had been broken into a ball in her arms.
She guarded the package so carefully all the way, and even when it fell into the water, she guarded it tightly.
Then this bag of white sugar cakes that had gone through wind and rain, stained with sweat, soaked in rain and river water, and had been soaked and cool, was thrown away by himself without hesitation.
The woman looked at the closed door in front of her, looked at it for a long time, then turned around and limped away.
On her way home, the relief team sent by the government happened to come to the city to distribute food, and people with hungry and red eyes rushed to get relief porridge with the largest bowl or pot in the house.
The woman was knocked into the river by the oncoming crowd in despair.
After this exhausting night, she had no strength to struggle, no cry for help, no flutter, no splash and sank into the rushing river.
This is the second time she has fallen into the river.
And for the last time.
This time, there was no Zheng Yao, no noodle shop owner, no one even saw her fall into the water, and no one saved her.
She was silently swallowed into her stomach by the rushing river.
Shame stood on the bank of the woman's falling water, staring blankly at the river she had seen countless times, she subconsciously wanted to jump into the river and pull her, but there was a little coldness on her forehead again, and her consciousness woke up from those past images.
A slight coolness came from his cheeks, and Ah Sha subconsciously touched his face, which was wet and already covered with tears.
Wang Xiaotao poured her a glass of cold water.
"Fuyao Niangniang, did she ask you to come to me?"
She asked questions, but she no longer seemed to need the answer to the question.
Ah Sha didn't drink water, she looked at Wang Xiaotao, as if she was pouring out something, and like a deeper confusion, "I thought she didn't want me anymore." ”
"I really thought she didn't want me a long time ago."
"How could she ······· How can this be! ”
Ah Xi unconsciously shed tears, looking at Wang Xiaotao with wide eyes, hoping that she could give herself an answer, "Doesn't she want me anymore?" For so many years, no one has come to me, no one has come to save me······"
"Why did she do this to me!"
"A-Niang······
"A-Niang······
Ah shame crouched on the desk and wept, choked and speechless, she was born beautiful, even crying was mournful and beautiful, lying on the desk like a white swan hanging its neck on the lake on a rainy day, shining on the water.
Wang Xiaotao sat in place, looking down at her crying, admiring her painful beauty.
In fact, it was Ah Sha's mother who sent Wang Xiaotao to Ah Sha in the dark, and the ghost god floated to Wang Xiaotao's side in a daze, asking her for help, wanting to give her daughter a way to live.
Ah Sha slowly raised his head, "You know what? Actually, I don't like to eat white sugar cakes. ”
Her voice was hoarse, "I really don't like eating white sugar cakes."
"When I was a kid, when I made sugar cakes at home, I could only get half of them······ I just want to be able to eat a whole piece of white sugar cake like everyone else.
"I don't like to eat sugar cakes······ I'm just ······ I just want to be like everyone else······
"I really don't like to eat white sugar cakes.
"Why would she send me this kind of thing! I ······ I don't need it!
"I'm a person without a mother now, Niangniang, I don't have a mother anymore.
"Why, mother?"
She asked Wang Xiaotao painfully.
Wang Xiaotao sighed slightly, stretched out his left hand, gently placed it on the top of Asha's hair, and said softly: "Mortals will die." ”
"Mortals will take care of ······" Ah Shay muttered and took the sentence.
Mortal mortal mortal death.
Mortals will take care of it.
"Think about what you want to change your name.
"It's not a prostitute, it's not Lili, it's a new name, and a new life starts from now on."
Seeing that Ah Sha eased a little, Wang Xiaotao rubbed the top of Ah Sha's hair, "Come to ······ when you think about it."
"I've figured it out." Ah Shi's red and swollen eyes grabbed the sleeve of Wang Xiaotao's left hand, "Niangniang, I think about it." ”
"Xiaobao."
"I want to be a little treasure."
Xiaobao?
Wang Xiaomoss frowned, "No surname, no name, just Xiaobao?" ”
Ah Sha nodded affirmatively, "Well, it's just Xiaobao."
"That's my favorite name.
"Since I was very young, I have always wanted someone to call me Xiaobao, and I want to be Xiaobao too.
"It's not Lili, it's not shame, it's just Xiaobao."
In the village where Ah Sha used to be, girls might be called Xiaohong, Xiaoli or Xiaomei, Xiaoyue or something, while boys might be Da Zhuang, Ah Yong, Ah Wei, Ah Kang or something.
There are thousands of names in this world, and Ah Sha has also seen many other 'little treasures'.
But Ah Sha has never seen his parents call himself Xiaobao lovingly.
Xiaobao, Xiaobao, Xiaobao.
My little darling.
The name exudes a sense of love and pity from the inside out, and this affectionate title binds parents and children together, but this affectionate title is given to the more favored younger brother.
It's like only the younger brother will be Xiaobao, and the sister will not become Xiaobao, not even Dabao.
Ah Sha wants to be the 'little treasure' that only belongs to his younger brother.
If it's Xiaobao, if it's Xiaobao that is the favorite of parents, many things will be different, right?
"Then Xiaobao."
Looking at Ah Sha's firm eyes, Wang Xiaotao knew that she had made a decision, and nodded, "Then from now on, you will be Xiaobao." ”
"Xiaobao."
Shame, no, it was Xiaobao who nodded vigorously.
Under the daylight, the famous Oiran of Dingzhou sat on the ground with her hair scattered, looking reverently at the woman in white clothes in front of her, her eyes were red and swollen, her face still had tears that had not been wiped clean, her expression was sad and confused, fearful and attached.
"Xiaobao." Wang Xiaotao called again.
Xiaobao suddenly felt that the emotions of sadness and fear had inexplicably faded a little, and she seemed to have gained some strength from this name, and nodded vigorously.
In.
Xiaobao, in.
Alas, sometimes I always feel wronged, but in fact, I never thought that Lili could still get half a piece of white sugar cake, and my mother may not have to eat it. But by nature, people will always feel more pitiful.
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