Chapter 304 304: Beggar’s Past [2-in-1]
Shen Tang looked at Beggar in surprise.
She thought that the beggar must be uneducated based on his previous words and deeds. After being in the market for a long time, she learned the skill of "breathing fragrance" through many experiences. However, judging from the beggar's neither humble nor arrogant demeanor and those two sentences, her judgment was wrong.
"It's easy to say that you were disrespectful. I thought you were young and lonely, and you were imprisoned for six full days. I thought you had learned a lesson, so I just let it go. But, you said that I would avenge your family." Where does the hatred start?" Shen Tang pretended to be at a loss.
"Xiaomin's family was harmed by the Zhang family..." Beggar said this, paused, with tears in his eyes, "If it weren't for Mr. Shen, Xiaomin would have died without seeing the suffering of his family. Retribution... Therefore, in Xiaomin’s eyes, Shen Jun is the benefactor of Xiaomin’s family.”
Shen Tang softened his expression: "Don't cry. Speak slowly."
She is not a compassionate person, nor will she comfort a crying little girl, but letting a pitiful child cry to her makes Shen Tang sad. Tang couldn't bear to be cruel either. Then he motioned with his eyes to the clerk to get a mat so that the beggar could sit down and speak slowly.
The beggar has severe frostbite on his feet.
Ankle joints are swollen and the skin is cracked.
The indoor temperature is warmer than outside. The slightest movement of the beggar will make her feel bone-gnawing itching and pain crawling up her body from her feet and down her legs. However, the beggar is very tolerant and does not even frown. one time. She endured the discomfort of joint pain and stiff limbs, trying hard to straighten her spine and make herself look more dignified and decent.
Shen Tang listened to the beggar's experience with a gentle expression.
It’s a coincidence.
Shen Tang has seen the case of the Beggar Family. It was the first case of the seven local gangsters tried in Gaotai, and the memory was particularly profound.
Zhang's steward Diao falsely accused the widow's son of stealing a fighting cock with "great military exploits" and forced the widow to disembowel the son with a knife to prove her innocence. Then he persecuted the widow and flogged her son for killing her young son. She was sentenced to fifty and became a rice-pounding female slave.
The beggar in front of me should be the only survivor.
Shen Tang looked at the beggar's hands that were covered with frostbite. His finger joints were swollen and it was difficult to bend them flexibly. Then thinking about the condition of his feet that he saw that day, he guessed that the beggar had been wandering around to survive for a long time: "But I look at the file, your Should Grandma Aweng be still alive?”
Or are the old couple gone?
Is the beggar’s family really ruined and he has to wander?
Unexpectedly, upon hearing the words "Ah Weng Grandma", Beggar's eyes revealed a bone-chilling hatred, and he was so excited that he clenched his hands into fists regardless of the pain in his hands. She tried hard not to lose her temper in front of Shen Jun, but she was still too young after all.
I can’t express my emotions and emotions.
Shen Tang then asked, "Are there any other reasons for this?"
Beggar endured the moist mist rolling in his eyes.
The lips were pursed, as if they were in the midst of a battle between heaven and man.
Shen Tang didn’t push him, and waited for the beggar to speak on his own.
After a while, I heard Beggar’s venomous words squeezed out word by word from his back molars.
Every word is filled with astonishing hatred.
"Even if Lord Shen beats the common people out, the common people and the common people will still say something treacherous and treasonous. The kind-hearted and poisonous dog man and woman on the other side are definitely not the common people!"
< br>Shen Tang immediately became energetic after hearing this.
Her reaction was not as angry as Beggar thought. Instead, she asked curiously: "What's the secret behind this? Were you kidnapped and trafficked here? Don't be afraid. If that's the case, I will I will seek justice for you.”
All kinds of words popped into my mind.
Now it was Beggar's turn to be confused.
She stopped talking, her eyes a little evasive.
The beggar put her hands on her knees and nervously grasped the hem of her coarse cloth skirt - Jun Shen mistakenly thought that she insulted "Aweng Apo" because she was not related by blood to "Aweng Apo", but in fact she was not. .
Beggars and them are indeed blood relatives.
Understanding this, Shen Tang wondered: "Then what outrageous things did they do to make you hate them so much?"
The beggar was hanging his head in fear, waiting for the "judgment".
Who expected Shen Tang’s response to be so mild.
She suddenly raised her head and looked at Shen Tang with eyes filled with tears again: "Shen Jun, Shen Jun Mingjian..."
The story here is not complicated.
Someone was indeed being sold, but the person sold was not a beggar but her biological mother, the widow.
The widow's natal family fell into decline before she reached her age, and all their property was sold. The once carefree girl was forced to shoulder the burden of the family and make a living by selling fabrics, embroidery, and copying books for others. Life is hard but manageable.
Who knows, something unexpected will happen.
I was abducted and knocked unconscious on my way home from an outing one day.
When she woke up, she was far away from her hometown. She was sold at a high price to a father and a brother in a small mountain village as a "sharer" and "wife" to continue the blood of this family. Naturally, the widow refused to give in. She seized the opportunity to abort the child whose biological father was unknown.
This family beat and scolded her frequently.
After a stalemate for three years, they sold it.
The next buyer is the beggar’s Aweng.
The widow still refused to accept her fate.
However, she is not very clear-headed, and although the beggar’s father is stupid, he is not as prone to beating and scolding her as the previous family. Her parents-in-law are still watching her all the time, and the days go by day by day. .
As the widow gradually regained her senses, she gave birth to two children.
The widow couldn't let go of her worried parents, so she asked a businessman who went to her hometown to do business to help find out the news, but she learned that her parents had died of illness many years ago. She is now a rootless duckweed. She has no choice but to stay in Heyin. The widow has no choice but to accept her fate.
A few years later, the man became seriously ill while serving and died.
The widow had to work hard to make a living with her two children at such a young age. She endured criticism and curses from her parents-in-law from time to time. The neighbors knew her past from nowhere and would insult and ridicule her whenever they had the opportunity. The relatives also Shame on her.
If the widow hadn’t known a few words and could enlighten the children in the village, there would have been no place for the widow and her two children.
Shen Tang also knew what happened next.
The widow's son was falsely accused of stealing chickens by Diao, the manager of the Zhang family. The widow's calm, or in other words, the emotions that had been suppressed for many years completely exploded. She was unconscious and cut open her son's stomach with her own hands. Later, she was flogged and sentenced to grinding rice as a slave girl, and she chose to commit suicide within two months.
Shen Tang listened quietly to the story of blood and tears told by Beggar, and her heart was shaken, but there was one thing that puzzled her - Beggar's hatred for her grandma seemed to exceed that of her enemy's family.
After the widow was sentenced to pounding rice, the beggar, as the only strand of blood, was treated well, but it wasn’t too bad, right?
But judging from the appearance of the beggar, she is not doing well.
“The couple who sold my mother-in-law...are my two aunts...Aweng, grandma...” The beggar shouted out those two titles with some difficulty, his eyes still surging. With hatred.
It turned out that the widow had nothing to do in the first family for three years and refused to give in no matter how beaten or scolded she was. This completely angered the three fathers and brothers of that family. They approached the criminal who sold them the "goods" and demanded a return. If they didn't return the goods, they would report it to the officials and arrest them.
After a lot of fussing, I had to agree.
It just so happens that the stupid son at home has no wife yet, and the widow has been tortured for three years and still retains her beauty. It shows how good her natural foundation is, and she is "exchanged" half-heartedly. The three fathers and brothers of that family happily returned with their new wife who was able to give birth to a baby.
The widow has an extremely vague impression of the trafficker who captured her. It was also that time when Diao caused trouble and the widow was forced into a desperate situation, she suddenly remembered the true identity and appearance of her "parents-in-law". The combination of various factors led the widow to perform the act of disembowelment.
What she wanted to prove to the world was not only the innocence of "her son never secretly ate fighting cocks", but also her own innocence.
Beggar lowered his head, his voice a bit erratic and vague: "Actually, Aniang still wants to kill Xiaomin..."
But she hid. Aniang also discovered that she was hiding.
Beggar will never forget the look in A Niang’s eyes when she found her. Her face was ferocious and twisted, and every time she looked back at it in her midnight dreams, she would wake up with sweat. She didn't know much, so she just tried her best to cover her mouth and try not to cry out.
Perhaps her request really moved A-Niang, or maybe A-Niang saw her own reflection in her. A-Niang turned around indifferently with the knife in hand, with endless complexity in her eyes.
After that, A Niang was beaten and forced to pound rice and rice to serve her sentence. Beggar once secretly visited her. It had only been a few days since the last time we met. In my impression, the black-haired and smiling lady who always took good care of herself had turned into a haggard old woman.
His hair is gray, his body is stooped, and his hands are swollen.
In the past, A-niang lived a delicate and decent life, so that no one could tell her actual age. If she pretended to be unmarried, some people would probably believe her. At this time, Aniang was so old that no one could recognize her. The mother and daughter looked at each other with the same dull expressions for a long time.
The widow told her daughter all her experiences.
This daughter is young but smart and sensible.
When I saw her eyes, I thought of myself.
[I wanted to kill you...]
Beggar trembled after hearing this.
The horror of that day came to mind.
Aniang said in a hoarse old voice: [...but after thinking about it, I let it go. It’s not that I can’t bear it. I just want to see how you struggle in this world. Someone should repay me for all the suffering I have suffered in this half of my life, right? 】
She gave birth to this daughter well.
But he is also the seed of this dirty family.
She cannot love completely.
It is impossible to hate completely.
She killed several children with her own hands, and the daughter in front of her was the only survivor, and she had devoted countless efforts to it. Beggar saw hatred in her eyes, but also love and reluctance. For a moment, I felt embarrassed and ashamed.
I don’t know how to face this biological mother.
She could not hate her biological mother who had murderous intentions. She tried to apologize, but it was no use. The thieves who deserved the most apology - one relied on the Zhang family to dominate, and the rest still bore the title of "Grandma Aweng" - the beggar became the most embarrassing existence.
Mother and daughter sat facing each other for a long time.
Until it was time to meet, Aniang stood up slowly, tried to straighten her body, raised her chin slightly, and was indifferent.
【Forget what happened today, just pretend that I, the sinful woman, never said anything. Even if you say it, you are talking nonsense. 】
At the end of this scene, we met again with the widow's body that was sent back - it was covered in spots and had a strong smell.
Older than the last time we met.
The beggar saw with his own eyes that she was simply wrapped and buried casually in the wilderness. No one came to pay her respects - including the children whom Aniang had taught enlightenment over the years. They listened to the gossip of adults and thought this woman was dirty. They were so dirty and vicious that even their parents gritted their teeth and spoke dirty words.
The so-called "grandma" reluctantly took out a small amount of money from the coffin book, bought a boy who was smart at first sight, changed his surname, wrote a genealogy, and became theirs. My precious grandson, and then I will raise him with all my heart.
I always keep saying "My old Zhu family has a daughter".
As for the beggar who was really related to them by blood, they were abandoned. At first, they had the patience to give her a bite of food. Within two months, they planned to sell her to an old widower in a certain village as his wife, and the money from the sale would be given to his grandson. It will be used for enlightenment in school in the future.
The beggar is luckier than her mother.
She was on guard and escaped halfway.
In order to make a living, she wandered all the way to Fugu City.
Although Fugu City is very poor, it is a "city" after all, and the public security is much better than outside. The beggar is begging for a living while keeping an eye on Zhang's movements from time to time. As the external situation deteriorates, life in Fugu City becomes increasingly difficult.
The beggar thought he would not survive the winter.
Until, she waited for Shen Tang.
When she heard the news that the Zhang family was overthrown and Diao was executed, she was sick in the ruined temple and could not get up. When she got better, she was able to go out and move around. The high platform had been demolished. She was a little annoyed that she didn't see the head of that family fall to the ground with her own eyes.
Having a great interest in the person Shen Jun is known to the people as.
But she knew that she was a beggar and he was a county guard, so the possibility of seeing him was slim. The biggest crisis before us is not to see Shen Jun, but to survive.
She had to work hard to get through this winter.
Although Shen Jun sent people to beat gongs and drums everywhere to recruit labor, she was too young and would definitely not be selected.
When I was so worried that I didn’t know what to do, I saw Shen Tang.
To be precise, it is the familiar jade ornament worn on Shen Tang’s waist!
One of them she had seen before.
On the head of the Zhang family!
Okay, Zhang’s fish slipped through the net!
The beggar considered the situation, and after much hesitation he decided to take action. He first snatched the jade ornaments to exchange for winter food, then grabbed the face of the man with flowers, and then howled a few words to attract the people around him. Take the opportunity to escape. But she never expected that——
As an ordinary person, she couldn’t tell the inscriptions on Shen Tang’s waist accessories. As for Kang Shi? ? ?
This man is so polite in life that he cannot be beaten at first glance!
As a result, the success fell short.
When the beggar was caught, he had already thought of various ways to "die together" until the petty official called Shen Tang "Jun Shen".
She was completely dumbfounded
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The beggar spent the past few days in anxiety and worry, not only was he not scolded or beaten , she was provided with plenty of whole grains every day, and even had warm water to wash herself with, and put on new clothes... These days were the most peaceful days for her after A Niang left.
If you can do this for the rest of your life, it won't hurt to be locked up in a woodshed.
After that, she was brought to Jun Shen by the clerk.
Shen Jun also listened gently to her past. When he heard about A Niang's experiences, he did not show disdain like others. There was pity in his magnanimous eyes that moved her.
Beggar subconsciously straightened his body up straighter.
Finally, Shen Jun spoke.
"So-"
Shen Jun paused for a moment.
The beggar was nervous.
Shen Jun signaled her to relax: "You hope that you, Aweng... ah no, how did the old couple die? If the situation is true, I can avenge your revenge..."
Beggar: “!!!”
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The widow’s story has nothing to do with the hot search. Shiitake is not making arbitrary comments or insinuations, let alone trying to gain popularity. This is just a plot that has been arranged for a long time.
If you insist on talking about the prototype, just think of it as an old lady who said it when you were dancing in the square.
(End of this chapter)