Chapter 35: Me Thousands of Miles Away
The old lady of the He family was buried in a mass grave on the outskirts of Beijing.
The land in the capital is expensive, and the poor family died, so they took the broken mat and wrapped it and buried it in a mass grave on the outskirts of Beijing.
Wang Chunniang first went to the shop that sold incense, candles, and paper money, and bought things to be sacrificed to the grave. He Qi walked behind her.
As long as Wang Chunniang turned around, she could see He Qi's tall and burly figure.
The two of them went to the mass grave on the outskirts of Beijing three or four paces apart.
He Qi walked ahead and found the grave of the old lady of the He family.
The newly raised tombs are a small pile, inconspicuous, just like those inconspicuous sentient beings, who have worked hard all their lives, and finally died inconspicuously and were buried in an inconspicuous place.
Wang Chunniang lit the candles and paper money, and said softly: "Auntie, I am Chunniang, I came to see you!" ”
He Qi glanced up at her, Wang Chunniang's face was wrapped in a scarf, and she couldn't see her expression, but the eyes that appeared outside the scarf were extremely gentle and amiable.
Thinking of his mother's dying words, He Qi whispered: "My mother said that thanks to your careful care, otherwise she would not have survived the retrial of the case." Moreover, you also bathed her and cleansed her, so that she left decently...... I don't know how to thank you! ”
The paper money is burning, the breeze is blowing, and the black paper ash is flying in the air like a butterfly.
Wang Chunniang threw paper money into the fire, smiled, and sighed heavily, "That day, I followed our girl and Fang Gongzi to find Master Kou, and I heard your case, which mentioned Zhang San's mother-in-law. ”
He Qi looked at her and whispered, "Little Cicada." ”
"I don't know what her name is, it turns out that her name is Little Cicada! In the file, it is said that she was sold to Zhang San by her mother's family, and was severely beaten by Zhang San, a rotten gambler, and her mother's family not only ignored her, but also sent her back to the devil, and finally Zhang San broke her leg and committed suicide by throwing herself into a well. Wang Chunniang let out a long breath, her eyes were red, and she swallowed the sourness in her heart.
He Qi pointed to a low, barely visible grave not far away, "She was buried there, and a few of our neighbors helped bury her." She has lived a poor life in this life, let's have a good baby in the next life! ”
Wang Chunniang's tone was full of tears, "When I heard it, I thought, she is really like me!" Isn't it just another me thousands of miles away? ”
He Qi turned his head violently and looked at Wang Chunniang in disbelief.
Wang Chunniang's tears fell out, "My father is a bad gambler, he lost money in gambling, he went home and yelled for water, my mother knew that he was going to beat someone to vent his anger when he lost his eyes, so she didn't dare to serve him, so she asked me to serve him water." My father was disgusted with the heat, beat me up, grabbed me by the hair, and pushed me into the stove where the water had just been boiled, and burned my face alive...... When I married the man in front of me, he had two sons and killed two daughters-in-law, and my father and mother sold me to him for money......"
"At that time, the girl said that she would find a way to send me away and let me run, but I didn't dare, I thought about where I would run with such a face? If someone is willing to marry me, I should burn high incense! Wang Chunniang took a deep breath, "Later, I was pregnant with two children, both of whom were beaten by him, and I became pregnant with another one, and gave birth to a daughter, and when I was three years old, I was sold by him for wine and drunk......
He Qi clenched his hands into fists, his eyes were round, and his teeth creaked, "Beast! ”
"I thought at that time, it's too hard to live, to live one day, to suffer one day." Wang Chunniang smiled miserably, "Later, the girl begged Lu Gongzi to take her away, and asked Lu Gongzi to borrow money to buy me, but she took me away, saying that she would have the opportunity to find my poor daughter who was sold." ”
Wang Chunniang said: "When the girl read the file, I heard it clearly, you helped the little cicada several times...... Brother He, you are a good person, righteous and kind, you don't deserve to die! I'm not as smart as a girl, and if I can get you out, I can only do what I can. So, don't say thank you again! ”
Looking at the low tomb of the little cicada, Wang Chunniang divided some paper money and burned it, and muttered: "If the girl hadn't taken me away, I would have been lying in this soil like you now!" ”
The burnt paper ash fluttered around the low tomb in the air like a black butterfly, and a thin handful of loess buried the woman's humble and bleak life.
Zhang Yuqing took the manuscript to the bookstore, and respectfully asked the bookstore owner to see if he could accept it.
The bookstore owner turned to the last page, put down the manuscript, frowned, and said, "This is gone?" ”
"The scholar and the female ghost are living happily together, and it's over!" Zhang Yuqing said cautiously.
The bookstore owner shook his head, "This scholar is a female ghost and a woman, who sees it?" You arrange a few more, and then you can see it! Moreover, look, the female ghost still dares to say to the scholar that she doesn't like to pull it down and go her own way? Does this sound like a word? Is this a woman's attitude towards a man? ”
Zhang Yuqing asked, "What should it be?" ”
The owner of the bookstore immediately cocked his orchid fingers and said in a sharp voice: "The female ghost should tearfully beg the son for mercy, and then the two of them will come to fruition, and it will be a good thing!" ”
Zhang Yuqing took the manuscript and left with a sad face.
She didn't expect it to be so difficult to write a stall literature......
But now that she hasn't earned a penny, how can she leave the Zhang family and go to Sheng Guixin?
Thinking of this, Zhang Yuqing took another deep breath and turned his head into the bookstore, "Boss, do you accept the books of arithmetic?" ”
"Do you still do the math?" The boss looked incredulous.
Zhang Yuqing asked: "You just say whether you will accept it or not!" ”
"Take it down, but you don't have to give as much money as the book." The boss said honestly.
Zhang Yuqing rolled up her sleeves and left, there is no endless road, she can't write the words of talented and beautiful women, and she still knows a few arithmetic problems.
Not long after returning to Zhang's house, Wang Chunniang also came back and told Zhang Yuqing about burning paper for He Qi's mother and the poor little cicada girl.
After talking for a long time, Wang Chunniang saw that Zhang Yuqing was not interested, and asked, "Girl, is it that today's book is not sold?" ”
Zhang Yuqing blinked a pair of confused eyes, "Am I particularly useless, what can I do!" ”
Zhang Yuqing that Wang Chunniang saw has always been calm and rational, and she moves after making a decision, and she is full of bamboo, it is rare to see Zhang Yuqing's depressed and helpless appearance, and she can't help laughing, "If a smart person like a girl is useless, we stupid people will have no life!" ”
Zhang Yuqing sighed heavily, spread out the pen and paper and began to rack her brains to think about the math problems she had brushed when she was in school.
Two days later, Zhang Yuqing took a thick manuscript of arithmetic and took Wang Chunniang out of the door, ready to try her luck.
As a result, as soon as he went out, he saw Fang Mo standing at the door of Zhang's Mansion with his top body and a thorn on his back.
Zhang Yuqing took a step back in surprise, don't look around, "What are you doing?" ”