Chapter 56 Xiaoqiu
In the dark, Suning couldn't see clearly what was hiding in the shadows. He casually pulled out the door bolt behind the door, held it in his hand and cautiously moved forward two small steps.
"Who's there?"
"Woof woof woof~"
The hand holding the door bolt tightened, listening to the small circle calling hard, there was nothing I could do but choose. Ignore: One call means it's okay, two calls means rejection, three calls means someone is coming, four...four calls means you have to reach a consensus next time.
As I got closer, I realized it was a child huddled in the corner?
"Come back, Little Circle!"
"Woof~"
Seeing the owner come out, Little Circle ran to her obediently, but there was still a lump in her throat from time to time. Roaring at the corner.
Tonight, the moon was completely obscured by thick clouds. The child's face was blurred, and she could only vaguely see the pair of eyes staring straight at her.
This situation and this scene all make people feel numb on the scalp, and there is an inexplicable chill in the heart.
She is an atheist, but...that doesn't stop her from being afraid.
So Suning didn't have the slightest curiosity as to why such a big kid didn't go home and squat here. All he wanted to do was leave quickly!
"Little Circle, let's go home!"
"Woof~" seemed to sense that something was wrong with the master. This time, Little Circle did not object.
Just like that, one person and one dog turned around immediately without any hesitation or pause.
Poorly, he was waiting for her to ask questions, secretly brewing emotions and finally filling up with tears. The squatting child was completely dumbfounded: This... seems like something is wrong?
Everyone I meet usually ignores me or chases me away. In the end, I just don’t have the heart to ask so I can show kindness.
I have never seen such a reaction.
Seeing that she was about to close the door, the child had no time to think and quickly stood up and walked out of the corner, "Sister...sister..."
"Bang!"
The response was the sound of the door closing with her force.
It was completely a conditioned reflex and a subconscious reaction. Only after closing the door did I realize that I seemed to have misunderstood something.
No, oh, is it a real child?
Taking out the flashlight from the space, Suning opened the door again, and the light from the flashlight shone on the child who seemed to be stunned.
My hair was sparse and tied up in two crooked little buns. She was wearing short-sleeved shorts that were spliced together from an adult's gown. The exposed face, neck and small hands were all black and dirty.
"Sister..."
"Why don't you go home and squat in the corner of someone else's house at night? Do you know that this will scare people?"
"Ah, ha?"
At first, he was stunned for a moment, then a light flashed in front of the child's eyes, and he suddenly realized: So those people who yelled and yelled at her were all frightened by her?
No wonder sometimes when she comes out during the day she is ignored at most, but at night she is mostly scolded and even sometimes beaten when she just bursts out crying after being miserable. So that’s it!
But...even if she knew this was the case, she could only come out while her mother was asleep.
The thin and pointed face was quite expressive. Suning smiled brightly, "Tell me, why did you stop me?"
"Sister...I'm hungry..."
Facing those eyes, Xiaoqiu chose to say the simplest and most truthful words as she pressed her fingernails.
I was unlucky last night. The fat uncle I met was so mean that she didn’t get anything from him. She had been hungry for two days.
"Sister, can you give me a little bit..."
"Come in."
When Xiaoqiu walked into the yard, she was still a little confused and couldn't recover. .
I don’t know why, before I left without hesitation and closed the door, it was hard to get close to the person I was talking to, but then I suddenly opened the door again and let her into the yard?
Until there was a big bowl full of food in front of me, my nose became sore and my tears fell down by themselves.
"Did you see it? My sister's house has just received guests, so here are the leftovers. Let's eat."
"I, I saw it..." I also smelled it.
It was because of the smell of this meat that I was so greedy that I couldn't walk any further, so I chose the corner where I would squat tonight.
Xiaoqiu sniffed, and a bright smile spread across her face, "It's great to have these, thank you sister! It's just..."
"Huh?"
"Just can I take it home to eat?"
Xiao Qiu licked her fingernails, looked at the delicious food on the table, and even had a few big pieces of meat and swallowed hard. He carefully raised his head and looked at her, "Sister, I want to take it home to eat with my mother, is that okay?"
Hmm?
Since there are adults at home, why do you let such a young girl go out to beg at night without fear that she will be dragged away and sold by bad guys?
Sit down next to her, and look carefully at the light under the eaves. The little girl is not only dark and thin, but also has old and new scars on her exposed body.
There was nothing unusual about Suning's face, but his words were a little softer.
"Only mom? What about your mom?"
"Yeah."
Nodding hard, Xiaoqiu has never seen her father, nor her grandparents. .
But my mother said that when she recovers, she will take her back to see her grandparents.
But...when will my mother's illness get better?
Thinking of this, a bright light of desire rose up in her eyes, which just brightened and then gradually dimmed, "Mom is sick."
"Where is your home?"
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"On Nanxishan Houwei Street."
Nanxishan Houwei Street?
She had actually heard someone mention this place before, saying that the whole area was an abandoned area and the houses were in dilapidated buildings. She didn’t know when they would be demolished and rebuilt.
Tapping his fingertips on the table, Suning stood up and walked to the kitchen and took out a paper bag from the cupboard.
Cover the bowl with a paper bag and pick it up. Then he looked down at her and said, "Let's go, I'll take you back."
"Thank you! Thank you sister!"
Knowing that she had agreed, Xiaoqiu happily thanked her and wanted to hold her hand. After seeing the perfect black and white colors of the two of them, she silently turned her back and rubbed her clothes unconsciously.
After locking the door, holding a bowl in one hand and a flashlight in the other, Suning followed the two little ones along the river alley to Houwei Street.
……
Facing Lishui and backed by green mountains, the mountain that embraces the entire Nanmen Street is Nanxi Mountain.
The highest mountain in Nanxi is the highest mountain in the ancient city. The peak is hidden in the clouds all year round, and the Yunwu tea listed as a special supply is produced here.
Houwei Street is very close to the foot of Nanxi Mountain. Most of the houses on the street are "missing arms and legs". Plastic sheds without roof coverings or transparent or red and blue grids indicate that there are still people living inside. Someone.
Passing by some of them, which were more appropriately described as shacks than houses, Xiaoqiu simply told her who she knew there.
Until she reached a place where there was a half-collapsed house behind the courtyard gate, she pointed and said with a smile, "Sister Ningning, here we are, this is my home!"
"Xiaoqiu?"
"It's me, Brother Guzi!"
The low shack opposite the house heard a sound and walked out of a half-grown boy, and saw the little girl next door. He actually brought back a strange face, and his eyes couldn't help but be alert and guarded, "Come here."
"Sister Ningning, wait for me, I'll be there soon!"
When Xiaoqiu saw her nodding in agreement, she strode towards Guzi with confidence.
The two whispered to each other for a while, and then under the young man's attention, they returned to Suning and led someone to open the door and go home.
There was nothing in the house, only a four-corner table and two small stools. The only table was missing a leg and was supported by a piece of wood.
The room was dark and cramped, and the bed made of wooden planks was covered with a thick layer of straw mats and straw. The woman lying on it would cough violently every once in a while.
The coughing was heartbreaking, as if I couldn't hold it back no matter what.
Xiao Qiu fumbled with great skill and took out a white porcelain cup from somewhere, and walked carefully to her, "Mom, drink water."
"Cough Cough, cough, cough~ Qiuqiu is back?”
“He’s back, mom, drink quickly, we can eat after drinking.”
Zhang Qinqiang, who was seriously ill, held on. He opened his eyes in that tone and saw the person standing at the door with a flashlight. He patted his chest hard to relieve the pain and then asked in a hoarse voice, "Ahem, who are you?"
"Mom, she is Ning. Sister Ning, the kind-hearted sister who brought us dinner!”
Xiaoqiu answered with a happy face, “Mom, Sister Ning Ning gave us some meat, big meat!”
"Cough, thank you...thank you cough~"
Putting the bowl in his hand carefully down on the bench, Suning whispered it was okay. He touched the surface of the oil paper bag and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the food was still warm.
(End of this chapter)