The night was dark enough, and the heavier and heavier rain became more and more fluttering, and the ground suddenly became thick and lonely. In the middle of the street, there is a house that is particularly inconspicuous and very simple. This room is where Zhang Jinhua lives, and her house is raining heavily outside and light rain inside. On the opposite side is an old couple's two-room shingle house, which is relatively wide, and the old woman is a fruit seller, and the old man is a pig with a knife.

Home is relatively close to home, Zhang Jinhua's home only has a bed of furniture in the past, and there are more than a dozen cheap daily necessities, which is enough to become this simple home. At this time, Zhang Jinhua at home couldn't sleep, it was raining heavily, and it was drizzling in her home, and the rain was dripping on the tank, bowl, and iron, and the monotonous and cold sound could be heard, which seemed to play a miserable symphony of her fate.

Her peach-like eyes and red mouth came out. The two white flowers of the memorial service also shed tears to the water. But who understands, who understands, who shares, who comforts the ash that is about to turn to ashes, that kind of anxious feeling? Who can interpret all the sorrows in this world, and people are all thinking with a heavy heart about their departed relatives. She couldn't remember the appearance of this so-called man, and even his face became more and more blurred in her mind.

Zhang Jinhua was no different, her bed was half wet with her tears, and half wet with the water that came down the wall, cold water. It is so crystal pure, clear and merciless, without sorrow and compassion, and it is full of pain and sorrow, and it hurts and hurts the souls of the gods.

It is so bitter and salty, it can release the repetitive mind, let love and pampering be intertwined, and can make madness and arrogance strike together. Tears, joy with unfathomable emotion. Tears, sorrow contains sincere scars, it is the representative of the god of sorrow.

It was late at night, but she still sitting, thinking about anything, not thinking about anything. Quietly passed a minute and a second, bored and only looking forward to the dawn. At this time, Zhang Jinhua was still not sleepy, she was stunned and looked at the wax light one high and one low, crooked and twisted. The elf, who could never be caught, and the old couple opposite, did not sleep, they sat in front of the lantern and quarreled about something. The night was already quiet, so their quarrel was exceptionally clear. But how many of these three people in the middle of the night went to meddle in other people's affairs? Which two couples didn't even pay attention to the nearest Zhang Jinhua, let alone other people to inquire about why they were arguing?

After a while, when he heard a hurried knock on the door, the old man who killed the pig took out a white-bladed knife and said to the old woman: "They are coming, they are coming, you can give me one more word, see if I don't clean you up." ”

The old woman thought that he was deliberately joking with herself, and quarrels were common, so she said angrily, "Who are they, and what do you want to do?" Other people's women are not your daughters, you say that if you sell them, you will sell them, how old are you!"

The old butcher didn't talk nonsense with her, it was Wang Ba who was determined to do this, so he said: "Aren't they the doormen of the Wanhualou? Don't care so much, isn't that widow your goddaughter? It just so happens that I am the master for her, looking for a good value, and finding a good place for her to settle down." There are good days, but this wastes my youth, and even I, an outsider, are anxious in my eyes. ”

"Wanhualou. The old woman pondered for a while and said, "Isn't that the most famous brothel? You won't really come here old man, will you? This will be a sinful thing, you kill pigs and cattle on weekdays, and you are guilty of a great sin, and I burn incense for you every day, and I can't imagine that you are not satisfied, and you really plan to go to someone else's head." Isn't this hurtful to the heavens? People are watching the heavens and are careful to respond to them. ”

The old woman was crying and scolding the butcher in the room, but the butcher didn't care to know who the old woman was, and she was also a woman with a Buddha heart, so he said: "Oh, alas! My grandmother! Don't make any noise, okay! Go and open the door, this is a big deal, and we will rely on you as a goddaughter in the future." I didn't want to stay here for a long time, so we went back to the countryside. ”

"Big deal, what big deal. The old woman said displeasedly, "It's my business." ”

She suddenly: "Ah!" pointed at the old man, and saw that he was about to attack him, and knew that this time he was real, but not joking, and said: "You are the king of cattle killing, and you--why don't you have to buy me--! Oh, you really have no conscience, oh, my life is so miserable! I have been a husband and wife with you for more than 40 years, although I have not given birth to a son and a half daughter with you, but ...... You can't do this to me!"

The knock outside was tight at this time, and a voice said: "Kill the Bull King, open the door quickly, open the door quickly, it is us." ”

The old man said anxiously: "Why can't you be a fool of the old bag? Who said that you will be sold? If you are sold, people will not want you there, and you look ugly." ”

"What are you talking about, when I was young, I remember you saying that I looked like Mink Chan, and now I am really beautiful ....... The old woman said angrily: "If you don't do this kind of deed, the old body will not do it, it will be a long life, and the Bodhisattva knows that it is a person who can't spare a person like you, how can I be in the same stream with you." ”

"Alright, alright, it's all a woman's opinion, and she doesn't understand some truth. Okay, anyway, those who do big things don't live in small things, so open the door quickly. The butcher insisted that the old woman open the door, for he knew that without the old woman's company, the woman of the seventh sister-in-law would not open the door in the middle of the night. If it is forced, then it will be troublesome to disturb the neighbors. It happened that the night was dark and windy, and it was easy to move.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and the sound was also loud, and even Zhang Jinhua could hear it clearly, and she was a little timid, and she didn't want to ask what was going on. The old woman opened the door chatteringly, only to see four people wearing lily robes and leaf hats breaking in.

The old man brought the lamp over and said, "Uncle, you are here, I'm sorry that you slept too hard just now." ”

The old woman bluffed: "What are you doing, who are you looking for in the middle of the night?" ”

"Looking for you, is it okay to send you to the rumors. There was a scar on his face and he said, "What about the Ox King? What about the beauty? Wouldn't it be you, the old witch?" ”

"It's me, what's wrong, I was also a flower when I was eighteen years old. The old woman said angrily, "What kind of person, we don't have anyone here, and you have two rotten old bones." I know you, Zhu Xiaobai, who specializes in human traffickers. It's a shame that you're still the prince of pork, I can't imagine that you are making a fortune by doing this, you and my old man are really the same people on the road! ”

Chen Shan, who was wearing an earring on the left, said: "What, if you dare to hurt us, we will run for nothing." ”

The old man was startled by the loudness of his voice, and the old man pointed to the old woman. The old woman sat down on the ground and said, "Oh, you are a conscienceless and conscientious man, and you are really going to sell me." ”

The old woman was sad, and tears rippled from time to time. Chen Shan, who wore earrings, was originally a little happy, thinking that they really had a yellow flower girl hidden in this house, and he didn't want to see this old woman dressed up in flowers, so he said: "No, kill the bull king." Are you going to sell your wife and buy a yellow flower girl? It's beautiful, are you talking about this old woman?"

Chen Shan slashed their table with a long knife, and the old man hurriedly shook his hand and said, "No, where will it be her! Even if I send her to you, it won't be a sign to smash someone's sign." ”

Another big man took out his knife and put it on the neck of the old man who killed the ox and said, "Tell us quickly, people! We want people, and we have no leisure to play with you." Otherwise, my knife will be stabbed inside, just as the white knife you usually play with killing pigs and cows goes in, and the red knife comes out, and then I will see if you dare to destroy us. ”

The old woman stood aside in horror, knowing that the men had done everything. It's just that the old man is not a timid person, and he said earnestly: "I want to see the items first, people can't escape anyway." ”

"Show him. Chen Shan, the scarred man, said: "You are still so rich at such an age, and the old club has come out all the way." I know the situation in your family, how can you have children, a wife and chicken who can't lay eggs, I'm afraid it's someone else's. This is a game of borrowing chickens to lay eggs, you can count a thousand taels of silver, and each one is not less than yours. ”

One took out the things on his back, and covered a basket full of blue cloth, and the old man lifted the lantern and lifted the blue cloth to see that it was full of large pieces of silver.

"This is a thousand taels of silver. The big man with the knife said.

The old man had never seen so much money in his life, and his eyes flashed by this silver light, and he said stupidly: "The old woman come and count." ”

Chen Shan reprimanded: "Will we still have you missing?"

Old Han Liannuo said: "Of course not, I just want to ......." ”

"Take a look at the goods. ”

The old woman said, "What kind of goods!"

The four turned their faces sideways, which immediately frightened the two old men.

The old man said, "Take them to the little widow on the other side." ”

"Ahh......h , sold the family. The old woman stammered.

One said, "Isn't that woman your daughter?"

The old woman said, "No——。 ”

"No, my daughter is grieving for her husband who just died......? The old man glared at the old woman.

Ring-eared said: "Then we don't care, one hand to pay, one hand to deliver, a penny to be enough for a penny of goods." We are also mixed and eaten, and it is not unsatisfactory, this is all mixed in the world, we must be cold-blooded and hard-working, so that there is room for survival. ”

The old man said: "Yes, yes, yes, the big brothers care, the old man knows." ”

The old man said to the old woman, "Don't go yet." ”

The old woman said, "This, this is a matter of owe conscience, sorry conscience." ”

"Conscience, conscience, conscience, conscience has so much silver? Can conscience buy things, can it be eaten? Conscience, and talk to you about conscience. ”

The old woman was stunned, and the old man slapped her and said, "You really don't want to live." ”

The old woman said with tears in her eyes: "Even if you kill me today, I won't go." ”

"Oh, you think every day that I don't have the ability to make a lot of money, and now the opportunity has come,...... You. ”

The old man wanted to call, but the old woman said, "This is different. ”

The four people were impatient when they saw it, and one of them split the table in half with a knife, and at this time Zhang Jinhua's heart trembled in the room, and she was frightened, and the silver in Kuang was scattered all over the ground in the faint light, and the cold glowed white under the light. The hand with the knife was placed on the old woman's neck, and the old man was a little panicked and said, "Don't hurt her." ”

"Lead the way. "That's human.

The old woman said stubbornly: "I don't do anything wrong. ”

The old man saw the fierce looks and said, "Okay, your stinky mother-in-law, I'll go, and I'll clean you up when I come back." ”

The old man found an umbrella, and the big man also collected the knife, and the old man went out with the lantern, and the four of them were also followed by him.