8. The Down-and-Out Daughter (2)
No matter how much remorse is useless, Jin Xiaodao is still hungry, hungry and crazy, hunger forced her to muster up the courage to go to the bun shop, humbly begging: "Boss, please reward me with a bun, I'm about to starve to death." After speaking, Jin Xiaodao felt a pain in his heart, he never expected that this sentence was actually said by himself, and he never expected that he would say such a thing from his mouth in his life. But then he added: "Please, help!" β
Unexpectedly, the boss waved his hand impatiently and said angrily: "Go away, go away, what does it matter to me whether you die or not." Jin Xiaodao was ruthlessly refused, thinking that since he was shameless, he simply shameless to the end, and begged: "Otherwise, I will work for you, and I don't need to be paid, so I beg you to reward me with a meal." β
The boss still said indifferently: "No, no, I will reward you for a meal, I will have one less, I am really a rich man, you have the hands and feet to go to which house to be a maid and have a mouth." β
When Jin Xiaodao's sore spot was mentioned in one sentence, Jin Xiaodao's eyes turned red and he cried: "But I won't do anything." β
The boss glanced Jin Xiaodao up and down, and said angrily: "Nothing?" Won't do laundry and cook? Won't you clean? Wouldn't it be better to bring a cup of tea and pour water? Do you really think you're Miss Mansion? β
Jin Xiaodao cried even more, nodded and said: "I'm not Miss Guifu, I really don't know anything, I think our family's meat buns were all used to feed dogs." β
After speaking, the boss sneered, shook his head, pointed to his head and mocked: "I think you have a bad brain." Then he pointed in a direction with his finger and said, "Look at the alley over there, there is nothing and there is a place to go, you can make money by lying down, you can eat and drink, eat well and live well." β
Jin Xiaodao turned his head and glanced at it, and said happily: "There is really such a good place, then I have to thank the boss for his advice, there are still many good people in the world." Jin Xiaodao was not hungry in an instant, and straightened up and went in the direction of his fingers. Seeing this, the boss here sneered at the person next to him: "Look, she really went, it really means that she has a bad brain, and she didn't wronged her." A few people were happy for a while.
Let's say that Jin Xiaodao listened to the boss's instructions, walked to the mouth of the alley and saw that there were mixed fish and dragons, women were coquettish, soliciting male customers, and all of them were brothels in Qinglou, and I had never seen such a dirty boundary in the house, and I had heard the servant mention it by chance, and I thought it was here.
Jin Xiaodao knew that he was teased by the owner of the bun shop, so he was angry, squatting on the corner of the street and worrying spontaneously, when he suddenly heard a sound of "dangchang" on the groundΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·
At the sound, a copper coin rolled on the ground, Jin Xiaodao looked up suddenly, wanting to see who dropped it, but saw a middle-aged man in a brocade dress standing in front of him, pushing out the second copper coin from his hand, throwing it on the ground with a shake of his hand, and then turning around and leaving.
Jin Xiaodao knew that this person was calling him a flower child, so he was angry in his heart, stood up and argued: "What kind of person do you treat me, take away your stinky money." As soon as Jin Xiaodao finished speaking, he regretted it, and thought: "I have fallen into such a field, what are you still angry, he is 800 times better than the owner of the bun shop, and he sent me money without relatives and no reason, and he is already a living Buddha." β
So while the brocade man had not yet had a seizure, he hurriedly apologized and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I recognized the wrong person, and I have to thank you for saving your life," the brocade man flicked his sleeves in disgust and left.
Jin Xiaodao turned around and picked up the two copper coins on the ground, held them tightly in his hands, and said happily in his heart: "It can be regarded as solving my urgent need, hurry up and buy two buns to fill my stomach." β
But before he had taken two steps, a group of people dressed as beggars surrounded him, and the leprosy-faced beggar with his head stretched out his hand and said bluntly: "Take it out," "What to take?" Jin Xiaodao was stunned by this scene and looked at several beggars suspiciously.
The leprosy-faced beggar's eyes widened, and he said, "Copper coins! Jin Xiaodao glanced at the beggars incredulously, and said angrily: "That's the copper coin that someone else gave me, why should I give it to you?" β
When the beggars heard each other and laughed, the leprosy-faced beggar tilted his mouth, and said patiently: "Do you know whose territory this is, dare to rob our brothers of their jobs, if everyone is as unruly as you, the brothers will not all starve to death." Jin Xiaodao held the money in front of his chest and asked weakly: "What rules do you have, why should I listen to your rules?" β
The leprosy-faced beggar grinned, inhaling air from between his teeth, and said in disbelief, "Sizzle! With a snort, he rubbed his palms and said slightly angrily: "Hey, little girl, I don't know that this is under the jurisdiction of the beggar gang, and all the alms received will be handed over to the public." β
"I'm not from the beggar gang," said Jin Xiaodao, who turned around to leave, but was blocked by the two beggars behind him, and the leprosy-faced beggar pulled Jin Xiaodao and reprimanded: "It's not a beggar gang, you haven't worshiped the mountain, you dare to come out to ask for alms, you are grabbing a job, breaking the rules, hurry up and hand over the money." β
Jin Xiaodao easily got two copper coins, he was hungry in his stomach, how could he easily give the money to others, refused to relax, and wanted to get out of the cracks, but was grabbed by the hair by the beggar behind him, pulled to the ground, and the leprosy-faced beggar condescended, pointing at Jin Xiaodao and threatening: "The beggar gang doesn't want to beat women, give you another chance, pay the money and get out." β
Jin Xiaodao cried and begged: "This is just two copper coins, you just let me buy two buns, I have been hungry for two days, and I will starve to death if I give you money!" β
"Toast and don't eat and drink," the leprosy-faced beggar rolled up his arms and sleeves, and cried out, "Brothers, give me a beating." Seeing that he couldn't ease up, Jin Xiaodao had just been kicked twice, and immediately lifted the money and shouted: "Stop, stop, stop, stop fighting, give you the money." The crowd stopped, and the leper-faced beggar took the money and said with satisfaction: "It's about the same, but let you go, don't think about asking for food here, or I will beat you once I see you." β
Seeing the beggars walking away, Jin Xiaodao slowly got up from the ground, watching the pedestrians look at him with strange eyes, which felt extremely uncomfortable.
Jin Xiaodao moved weakly, holding his hungry stomach, and said sadly and angrily in his heart: "The servant can't do it, I want to reach out and beg for a meal, who wants to ask for food is called Huazi, and I also formed a gang, and what kind of beggar gang was built, it is really a phoenix that is in trouble is not as good as a chicken, I just want to eat, I want to live, God really forces people to die." β
Walking and walking, unconsciously walked to the mouth of the alley, the woman in the green building in the alley waved a handkerchief, flattering at the passing men smiled, in this season when the people can't even eat, how can the men still have money and be happy, most of them are teasing, and then laughing and leaving, the women twisted the waist of the water snake and hugged all kinds of men, saying the most unbearable words.
Jin Xiaodao was sad in his heart, and said: "Could it be that I, Jin Xiaodao, really fell to this point?" If I'm really desperate, I'm afraid I really have no choice but to live. β
Jin Xiaodao thought about the Qinglou woman, and whether he could do it, so Jin Xiaodao tried to make his expression become charming, but the corners of his mouth twitched, thinking of his father, Jin Xiaodao was stunned, knowing in his heart how he was escorted out of the house, his father's spirit in the sky, would never want to become a Qinglou woman.
Jin Xiaodao turned his head resolutely and continued to wander forward, and saw a group of people kneeling on the ground in the downtown area, Jin Xiaodao knew that these people were going to sell themselves into slavery, and he had two maids who were also bought into the mansion in this way.
Although she refused to be a slave, there was no way, Jin Xiaodao had to accept her fate, and she also learned to kneel on the side of the road, she still had to be a slave, thinking about how the slaves in the family worked, and she had to mix a bowl of rice to learn how to behave.
After waiting for a long time, no one cared, thinking that the days were miserable, the rich had no money to buy and sell people, and finally someone came to buy, seeing that Jin Xiaodao was smarter than others, when he advanced to the house, it was said that the house was at most a large compound, there were a few people, Jin Xiaodao ate a hot meal, although the meal was difficult to swallow, after eating Jin Xiaodao also followed the work, but because he washed the clothes for the hostess's house, he was beaten out.
Jin Xiaodao didn't know that different clothes were washed differently, and those maids and women deliberately asked her to wash them, and they didn't tell her how to wash them, and they gloated there when she was blasted out.
Jin Xiaodao had no choice but to go back to the downtown again and kneel and beg to be sold as a slave, but this time he broke the dishes because of his clumsiness, and was told to be in charge, and he was blasted out again.
After several tosses, the meal was eaten, and he was injured, and he had a meal and a sad meal, and finally knelt in the downtown for a whole day and no one paid attention to her, and some people even starved to death in the downtown area, Jin Xiaodao's legs and knees couldn't stand it, and he had to think about the meal when he got up.
Just walked aimlessly, look, couldn't eat, slept in the temple, Jin Xiaodao began to wander again, hungry and extremely weak, holding a wooden stick to support him and continue walking, finally saw a clean courtyard, a glimmer of hope supported to move over, and finally rolled his eyelids at the door and fainted.
When Jin Xiaodao's consciousness gradually sobered up, and saw Meng Xiaoli in front of him, kind and smooth, which was different from the face she had seen these days, he desperately prayed to stay, it was not easy for a slave to meet a good family.
Jin Xiaodao lived in Meng Xiaoli's house, helping Meng Xiaoli fetch water, sweep the yard, cook together, play with the children, the injury was healed, the stomach was no longer hungry, and the meat was also seen on the body.
One day, Long Ye saw Jin Xiaodao cleaning the yard, called Meng Xiaoli into the house, and whispered: "I see that this little girl's body has recovered recently, so let her go back and let her go back!" β
Meng Xiaoli looked at Jin Xiaodao's back and sighed: "It's a pity that she is homeless and has no relatives, and if she goes out of this door, she will still starve to death." β
Long Ye frowned and said: "Then she is always in our house, and it is not a long-term solution, even if she is sent to some big mansion to be a maid, it is also a place to live." β
Meng Xiaoli clasped her arms around her chest, looked at Long Ye helplessly, and said, "Look at the way she works, is she able to settle down in the mansion?" That is, we can tolerate her, and if it was someone else's family, she would be beaten out 800 times. The corners of Long Ye's mouth were smiling when he said this, so he had to compromise: "Okay, you can do it." β