Chapter 17: Leaving Early, Wandering in Troubled Times (2)

When you arrive in Beijing, you must eat roast duck, the most authentic is still the roast duck in the cheap shop, after Lu Xihua and Han Caier finished eating, they slipped away on the street to eat, and the three or five years of Jingshi was also brilliant at night.

The two were talking and laughing and passing by an alley, when they heard a rush of footsteps, and the two turned their heads to see that someone was chasing a woman and beating. The woman was kicked in the back and knocked to the ground, and then several people stepped forward and kicked the woman violently.

Han Caier is a student cadre in a girls' school, and Lu Xihua's baby sister at home, and she is most concerned about women's rights and interests.

"What are you doing?!" Han Cai'er roared first, her brows furrowed, and she turned around and walked over.

A man in a vest turned his head when he heard the sound, and saw Han Caier and Lu Xihua under the street lamp, dressed exquisitely, and the woman who was asking was a woman, but it was a foreign accent, and immediately said, "Don't be nosy, be careful to burn yourself." ”

Han Cai'er said, "Is there anything you can't say well? What did she do?

"You owe us money, what's the matter? You want to pay it back for her?" said a squinted-eyed man.

When Lu Xihua heard this, his brows furrowed.

Han Cai'er ignored it and continued, "You guys stop first. How much does she owe you? How? Don't come up and beat people, people are killed, and you don't have any money. After saying that, he was going to bend down and help the woman on the ground.

The squinted-eyed man looked at Han Cai'er and smiled, "Sister, you are really a kind person, come, brother and you will talk in detail." After speaking, he used his hand to pull Han Caier's wrist.

Han Cai'er was about to speak, but she felt that her eyes flickered, and after a few plops, all four men fell to the ground, and Lu Xihua was already standing in front of her, so she smiled, "Xihua, you are so good." ”

"It's not you yet, you like to meddle. Look at the women on the ground, I'm going to take these people away. Lu Xihua said angrily. After saying that, he took the two of them in one hand and walked deeper into the alley.

Lu Xihua is not an innocent person, and before he can figure out what is going on, and he doesn't know who is right and who is wrong, he knocked all these people unconscious and threw them into a corner, turned around and came back.

After coming back, Lu Xihua saw that the woman was beaten and her nose was blue and her face was swollen, and she took Han Cai'er's hand and said, "I don't owe them money, I just want to go home." ”

Lu Xihua saw that the woman's body was too dirty, so she asked Han Caier to take the women's hotel to change her clothes and ask for details.

In the evening, Han Caier came back and said that the woman's name was Guo Wen, a native of Jingzhou, who claimed to have been deceived into coming to Beijing to work, but she was forced to sell herself and wanted to go back to Jingzhou, but she didn't have a penny.

"Xihua, why don't we take her back to Jingzhou?" Han Cai'er habitually looked at Lu Xihua with big eyes, with a look of anticipation.

My sister's request, as long as it is not too excessive, Lu Xihua basically responds to requests, Hankou is not far from Jingzhou, and it is considered that there are people on the road to accompany Cai'er, so I agreed immediately.

Pinghan Railway Station, originally called Jinghan Railway Station, later after the victory of the Northern Expedition, the capital of Jinling, Jingshi was renamed, and the railway station was also renamed.

Lu Xihua was wearing a suit, Han Caier was standing outside the Pinghan Railway Station in a cheongsam, the box had already been changed by Lu Xihua, and it could be pulled away, which was a rarity at this time, and many people cast envious eyes along the way, thinking that it was something imported from abroad. The two were followed by a thin and small woman, who was Guo Wen whom Lu Xihua and Han Caier met when they were shopping in Beijing last night, wearing Han Caier's clothes, and was pulled by Han Caier to talk.

At this time, the railway station was far less spectacular than that of later generations, with only a low two-story wooden building, red brick walls, and a wooden white picket fence forming the whole picture of the railway station. Lu Xihua has never wronged himself, naturally he bought a first-class seat, Beijing to Hankou 1,200 kilometers, it takes two days and two nights, the ticket price is 80 yuan per person, a box with two beds, Lu Xihua simply bought four tickets, chartered two boxes.

The first class cabin can naturally get on the train first, there are only a few people in the carriage all the way, Han Caier sat in her seat, looking out of the window excitedly, this is the first time she has taken the train, or with Lu Xihua, so she looks very excited.

Accustomed to the high-speed rail of later generations, Lu Xihua really can't arouse the slightest interest in this kind of slow Republic of China train, with an average speed of 30 kilometers per hour, and he has the right to browse the scenery.

After two days, the three of them ate and lived together, and Lu Xihua often told some jokes and anecdotes to amuse everyone, and the woman named Guo Wen gradually opened her heart and told her own story.

Guo Wen's parents died early, and there were only his grandmother and young sister at home. Because he owed the landlord's rent and was anxious to repay the debt, he was used as an excuse to work at the age of thirteen, and was dragged to Beijing.

The matter has come to this, and in the troubled times, I had to accept my fate and was forced to pick up customers. In order to get a little more money, so that she can send it home to redeem her family's two acres of land, no matter how excessive the guests are, no matter how perverted the guests, she will receive them. Thinking of his relatives at home, he swallowed all the bitter water, and only cried a few times at night. She secretly saved all the money in the small account, and did not go to eat, drink and have fun, and wanted to send it to her grandmother in the countryside, so that they could live and pay off their debts.

She couldn't write letters, she couldn't write money orders, so she had to ask someone to write them for her. The money was sent and the reply was received. The family said that the money was not enough, and the profit money was rising again and again, and they had to send it. Once, twice, three times, she begged all the sisters to pick up the guests on behalf of the sisters who had a red affair, so that they could send the money home.

It wasn't until recently that a kind-hearted person told her that all the money she sent home for five or six years had been smuggled by the person who read and wrote the letters on her behalf, and none of the replies she received were true, and Guo Wen felt that the sky had fallen.

She escaped in fright, and just wanted to go home to see, but was discovered by the guards in the door, chased her out, and arrested her, but met Han Cai'er and was able to escape.

Speaking of this, Guo Wen, who has always been submissive, finally couldn't help but burst into tears and spoke incoherently: "...... He took my money, why didn't he tell me!

Han Caier hugged Guo Wen and touched her hair, "Don't cry, don't cry, sister, we're going home." ”

Lu Xihua was silent after hearing this, such things have happened too much in the Republic of China, he has saved ten, hundreds, but he can't save thousands of thousands, only that person can save the people of the whole world, the general trend is unstoppable.

"What's that man's name, and where does he live?" asked Lu Xihua.

"His name is Jiang Yongan, and he lives in Qingzhu Lane, near where you saved me. Guo Wen gritted his teeth and said.

Lu Xihua nodded, and silently wrote down the name in his heart.