Chapter 55: A Strange Family
The person who took us home called Laishun and strangely enough, he said he didn't have a surname. (The fastest update speed, remember this site to find this site)
If you don't have a surname, you don't have a surname, because Ruxue said before entering the village, don't ask more about strange things, let alone no surname.
Laishun's family is very poor, and his family belongs to the most poor one, not even a thatched house, only a bark house.
There are two rooms in this home, dark and dark, one is a bedroom, and the other is a kitchen with a living room and a bedroom.
"Since you gave the money, let's live here." Lai Shun pointed to the bedroom with three beds and said, it's okay, after all, the room outside is a big bunk, and it is not too convenient for me to live with Ruxue.
I am a person who has been wandering outside for a long time, although this room is filled with a sour smell and mildew, I can settle for it, but I don't know if Ling Ruxue can be a clean and delicate big girl.
Surprisingly, Ling Ruxue was very calm, and she didn't have any disgusted expression, just casually shook the dust on it, sat down on the bed, and said to me, "Don't care about their kind of character." Actually, they are very pitiful. ”
At this time, Lai Shun and his daughter-in-law said that they were going to find the child and come back for dinner, there were only three of us in the room, and it was convenient to speak, as soon as I heard it, I felt that Ling Ruxue was going to say something to me, so I said: "What kind of character?" Lazy, loves to take advantage of small advantages, and has a thick-skinned character? It doesn't matter, this kind of character can't be called a bad person, I don't care. But why are they pitiful? ”
Ling Ruxue looked at me, held her chin in her hand, and was silent for a while before she said, "Chen Chengyi, you are a very emotional person, so the decisions you often make look annoying, because they are too reckless. However, you learned a lesson a few years ago, and I think you seem to be reckless this time, but you actually have deeper thoughts, right? ”
Ling Ruxue didn't answer my question, but asked a very irrelevant question, which made me stunned, I felt as if she knew me very well, I was taught a lesson a few years ago, did I mean Brother Sheng's matter? Thinking of this, my heart tingled a little, but I didn't need to hide anything from Ling Ruxue, since she seemed to have guessed me.
Lighting a cigarette and holding it, I leaned back on the bed casually before I said, "Indeed, this time I am not reckless, but a last resort." In the beginning, I didn't plan to be a messenger of justice and destroy the evil village, I just went to the village to exchange hostages. Didn't they keep an eye on me? Then I'll send it to the door, as long as they catch me, crispy meat and Qinhuai will mean nothing to them, and they can return safely. ”
Ling Ruxue nodded, as if she had already thought of such an answer, she said, "What about you?" Have you ever thought about your own safety? ”
"I, hehe" I took a puff of cigarette and said: "Some people value life more than any emotion, and some people value feelings more than life, I say that I am the latter kind of person, I have not thought about myself, do you believe it or not?" Do you think I'm great? ”
Ling Ruxue shook her head and said, "You must have thought about it, because you know that they won't kill you, but you don't dare to bet, if you run away and ignore it, will they kill Crispy Meat and Qin Huai in a fit of anger." So, that's why you have to go, right? ”
I looked at Ling Ruxue in surprise, everyone looked at me and thought I was a reckless young man, immature, how could she know me so well? After a long silence, I said, "Yes, I can't rely on Master for everything, Uncle. What's more, there is no news from my master so far, and it seems that my uncle and they also have something very important to do. I don't dare to gamble with the lives of crispy meat and Qinhuai, but I can still delay time if I go by myself, at least I am the heir of the mountain lineage, and I can protect myself at a critical time. Since you know my thoughts, I only hope that you will bring back the crispy meat and Qinhuai safely. ”
Ling Ruxue still held her chin with her hand, but this time she seemed to be thinking and didn't answer anything.
I couldn't help but ask, "Ling Ruxue, you seem to know a lot about me?" ”
"Huh?" Ling Ruxue turned her head and snorted, obviously perfunctory to me, I was about to ask again, Laishun's family had returned.
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Dinner was eaten in the 'multi-purpose' room in Laishun's house, and I was surprised how there were so many children from such a poor family in Laishun. I counted 8 children, the oldest looked to be no more than 6 or 7 years old, and the youngest was a baby.
Isn't it family planning? How can a family still be allowed to have so many children? It's shocking that the faces of these children look appropriate for their age, but they are a little shorter because of malnutrition.
However, if I am not wrong about their age, then the truth is puzzling, because some children look about the same age, but their faces are very different. Is it possible?
Also, I don't think these kids want to be a good couple for a long time.
Could it be their adopted child? This is even more illogical, why do they raise so many children?
My eyes were full of doubts, but Ling Ruxue gave me a look, I understand, no matter how doubtful I am, don't ask more.
So, I ate with my head bored, and there was nothing to pick and choose for the so-called dinner, which was potatoes stewed over the fire, and because I paid the so-called meat money, I also cooked a pot of meat and bone broth, and there were several big bones in the soup, but there was not much meat to be seen.
Hui Gen'er doesn't eat meat, but he eats the stewed potatoes with relish, and I nibble on the potatoes while drinking the broth with only a little salt, and find that the taste is actually quite good.
Ling Ruxue was afraid that Hui Gen'er would swallow, so she poured a bowl of water for Hui Gen'er next to her, but on the other hand, the other children ate potatoes and gobbled them up, where were they afraid of being swallowed, I saw that Ling Ruxue's eyes were clearly a trace of unbearable.
In this group of children, there is a little girl who is particularly cute, although a little face is dirty, but can not hide her bright big eyes, she gnawed on potatoes, while staring desperately at the broth in front of me, and then said to the daughter-in-law of Laishun: "Mom, the guests at home are so good, usually you can only eat one potato per meal, now you can eat potatoes as you like, and you can also watch the broth to eat." ”
Hearing this, the other children agreed, but the woman who was very old and couldn't tell what age she was just said impatiently: "Eat and eat, where there is so much nonsense, in short, it's the same as a piglet, just grow fat and meat, and it doesn't matter what feed you eat." ”
"How do you talk to children?" I couldn't help it all at once, yes, it's hard for me to understand how this woman could be like this! Because compared to my parents, she is simply not like a mother, how can she say that her child is a piglet.
The woman was not happy at once, threw the potatoes in her hand, and immediately pointed at me and scolded: "You are an outsider, of course you don't have a backache when you stand and talk, what else can they do except eat?" What is it if it's not a piglet? You said? ”
I was almost furious, but at this moment, Ling Ruyue grabbed my arm and shook her head at me gently.
Looking at the woman who sprinkled it, I held back my anger, took out two hundred yuan from my pocket, threw it to Lai Shun, and said, "Go and cook meat and give it to every child, is 200 yuan enough?" ”
Laishun originally had a happy expression of watching the play, but when he saw two hundred yuan at once, he grabbed the money in his hand, and then pulled his mother-in-law and said: "Don't play around there, hurry up and cook meat, and give it to every baby." ”
I saw her go to the backyard, probably hanging the meat in the well like my mother when I was a child, and after a while, she came back, and actually had a small pot of meat in her hand, and I saw that it was venison.
Is it just because of the way you go, still hunting? I was a little puzzled to find that the village was shrouded in a fog, but I didn't ask much, but gently touched the little girl's head, and poured my broth into her.
How did these children survive? Is it alive to eat 3 potatoes a day?
What kind of village is this village? I looked at the old Lai Shun, at those dirty, poor children, and felt that I needed to ask Ling Ruxue for an answer.