Chapter 005
Bai Family Registration Book
There is a street in the old city/city/district of Ruiyun City, with a very nice name called Shuxiang Street.
There were originally schools nearby, but now most of these schools have been relocated. The construction of new city/city/district has gradually become a corner of the city, and few people are interested in it.
Dozens of original stationery shops and bookstores have also been moved and closed. This book-flavored street is gradually becoming unpleasant to the sound of reading.
At the end of the Shuxiang Street, there is a bookstore that is still open. The title is very interesting, called Que Shu. There is a couplet on both sides of the store door, and the characters are also very light. Some are peeling and dilapidated. It is rare to be clean, just like the surrounding environment, it is rare to be quiet.
"That's true, it's Zhihu."
The warm spring noon sun shines from the sky, driving away the coldness that is not much left in the cold winter. It shines into the doors and windows of the missing bookstore through the dense poplar trees, sprinkling a mottled spot.
An old lady leaned on a lounge chair with a book in her hand, covered with a blanket, reading glasses were placed on the bridge of her nose, and holding a black cat at her feet. The cat's expression was extremely lazy, which contrasted with the old lady's appearance of reading books seriously, and was so harmonious.
Yang Qi pushed the door and went in. The black cat's ears stood up and even his eyelids were too lazy to lift. He was already familiar with the footsteps. The old lady just pushed the reading glasses and continued reading.
"Grandma Bai." Yang Qi approached and came to the old lady, and said softly with excitement, "I have something to say to you."
He wanted to tell this old lady who was as kind as a mountain to him that she had changed and would no longer be stupid.
"Go to have a meal first, and then help Aunt Chen wash the dishes. The next few little guys were very upset. You go and watch it. If you have any questions, I'll finish taking a nap first."
The old lady still didn't look up and gave a few instructions as usual. Her voice was a little tired. After that, she pulled the blanket covered by her body, narrowed her eyes, and responded that the black cat rubbed her feet a few times.
Seeing this, Yang Qi didn't say anything. He turned around and closed the bookstore door, but it was not locked. There were very few people buying books in this place now, so he didn't worry about someone coming to disturb Mrs. Bai's rest.
Behind the bookstore is a yard surrounded by several bungalows. The house is not high, but it is not small. This is where Yang Qi grew up. Yang Qi is an orphan. He was abandoned by his parents when he was very young and raised by Old Lady Bai. Old Lady Bai once told Yang Qi that when he picked him up, there were two notes on his body, one with "Yang" and the other with Yang Qi's illness. In addition to these two notes, Yang Qi also has a long life lock and a gold bracelet, all of which are fine objects, which come from the mansion of rich people. Old Lady Bai once said these notes and never mentioned them again.
Yang Qi naturally understood the reason why he was abandoned, but he had no particular fluctuations about this, and never thought of tracing his life experience. For him, this is his home, whether in the past, present or in the future.
In addition to Yang Qi, Old Lady Bai also adopted six orphans, all of whom were younger than Yang Qi, and had some problems with her body to a greater or lesser extent. She could even be said to be disabled directly. This place can be said to be a small orphanage. However, Old Lady Bai never lets anyone mention the word orphanage and said that this is a home.
Old Lady Bai's ancestors were all scholarly families, and had several Jinshi, and was still a big family during the Republic of China. If life was divided into four seasons, for Old Lady Bai, it was spring before the age of 20, and after the age of 20, it was cold winter.
When she was 20 years old, her family declined and suffered another family disaster a few years later. Only two sisters lived with her. The two sisters were taken to Hong Kong by relatives, and she married. Later, her husband died in the war era, leaving no child left, and never married again in his life.
Later, he lived alone and strongly in this small city based on the property left by his ancestors. He bought a house around the yard very early, without shortage of food and clothing, but he lacked too much things he should have. Later, after adopting some Yang Qi and others, his life changed a little.
"I'm back. The food is still hot, you go and eat first."
A woman in her forties walked out of a house. She was Aunt Chen. She had been here for help since she could remember to beat Yang Qi. After adding a lot of children in the yard, Aunt Chen also stopped Mrs. Bai and hired people, saying that these children were pitiful and afraid that they would hurt the children if they were hired. Most of them were busy alone. Occasionally, her husband would come to help with heavy work. She had been working for more than ten years and would complain, but they were just talking.
The children in this yard are very different from normal children due to various reasons. Sometimes they can cry with anger, sometimes they are pitiful, and sometimes they are moved to cry. After crying, they wipe away their tears and continue working. They have the intention of walking, but they never want to let it go. Aunt Chen and her husband have never had children, and to a large extent they regard the children in this yard as their own children.
After eating the hot meal, washed the dishes and chopsticks. Yang Qi opened his eyes hard and looked at a few guys in the yard playing and said to himself, we have always been very happy children. We have no worries about food, no worries about clothing, no beatings, no abuse, Aunt Chen is good to them, Uncle Chen is good to them, and Grandma Bai is good to them, but she has just been cursed by some of the society, which is really nothing.
"Aunt, I'll do it."
Seeing Aunt Chen holding a large basin full of clothes, Yang Qi went up and picked it up, and then dried the clothes in the yard.
"A Yang, why do you look weird today?"
Aunt Chen is naturally very familiar with Yang Qi. From every move, she can find that Yang Qi is usually different from her usual situation and asked in confusion.
"I'm fine."
Yang Qi replied with Aunt Chen’s bright smile.
"Okay?" Aunt Chen was stunned.
"Yes, it's okay, all my illnesses are cured."
Yang Qi smiled even brighter, and even a hint of wetness appeared in his eyes, sharing the good things with his family's touch.
"real?"
Aunt Chen immediately put down her work, arrived at Yang Qi, reached out and touched Yang Qi's forehead, and stared at Yang Qi for a long time, with tears in her eyes, and she was extremely excited.
"It's not cold anymore, it's not cold anymore."
He reached into Yang Qi's neck again, and Aunt Chen found that the cold air on Yang Qi's body had disappeared, and he had recovered the temperature of ordinary people.
"Hurry, go and tell you the good news of Grandma Bai!"
Aunt Chen took Yang Qi's hand to the bookstore, his hands trembling. Yang Qi was the first child in the yard, the child that Aunt Chen watched as he grew up. Although he was a little stupid, he was the most peaceful and well-behaved one. He helped do a lot of things since he was a child. Now that he is getting better, he can be unhappy! This is absolutely the same as hearing that his long-term illness son suddenly recovered, Aunt Chen burst into tears.
"Grandma Bai is sleeping, let me tell her later."
"You kid, this is a great thing, don't wait."
When Aunt Chen and Yang Qi walked into the bookstore through the back door, the front door of the bookstore was also pushed open. Three people came in. Two men pulled a child with anger on their faces. The child was struggling. The child was not big and his strength was almost unstoppable. The two adults Yang Qi recognized that they were neighbors around, and the child Yang Qi was more familiar with him. He was one of the children in the yard. When he was a child, he had a high fever and became half stupid. He was extremely strong and was named Huang Man by the old lady Bai.
Seeing Aunt Chen appear, one of the men surnamed Li with a clear birthmark on his left cheek said indignantly: "Aunt Chen, you are here just in time. You have to take good care of this child!"
"What's wrong with the barbarian? Why are you messing around?"
Aunt Chen hurried over and pulled Huang Man to her side like a snatch from the two adults, fearing that Huang Man would suffer some harm.
"This child is too much!" The man named Li said loudly with anger: "Often the troubles, our neighbors will not say anything, but today it's really past! Not only did the old Wang family's car be scraped with stones, but he also threw all the clothes that were drying outside into the river. The most annoying thing was that he caught the Samoyed on the other side of my house and killed it with stones. This was too cruel! This child is really too much. What's wrong with this? There is no peace in the neighborhood!"
"Yes! This child is too violent, he looks very small, and he is too strong. Just now, Lao Li saw the child hitting the dog and pulling him, but he was still stunned. If I hadn't come up to help, I wouldn't know where I went!" Another man was Lao Wang, and he was also angry.
"No. I don't!"
When Huang Man heard the words of the two adults, he immediately started roaring, and struggled again, his eyes wide open and his face turned red. How could Aunt Chen hold him back?
Seeing this, Yang Qi immediately picked up Huang Man.
"Stop making trouble!"
Yang Qi whispered, and Huang Man finally calmed down. Yang Qi knew very well that the barbarians would not lie, and would admit no matter how big the mistake they made. Thinking about the expressions they were talking, every slight muscle twitch came to their minds. Yang Qi always felt that the anger of these two was a bit fake.
Aunt Chen was a little confused when she heard the words of the two neighbors. Huang Man usually made a lot of trouble, but he never did such an extraordinary thing. He didn't know what to do for a while, and he was very anxious when rubbing his hands.
"Uncle Li, Uncle Wang."
Yang Qi put the quiet Huang Man in his hand and said to the two: "The Manzi is usually naughty, but it is not so out of line. If he says he can do these things by paddling the car and throwing his clothes into the river, but you say that the Manzi beats the dog to death, this Manzi will definitely not be able to do it. Although the Manzi is not very smart, he is very good to animals. Which dog and cat in this neighborhood are not very friendly to the Manzi."
The two of them were stunned when they saw Yang Shazi, who was famous on weekdays, and they spoke in an orderly manner, but soon the birthmark man shouted again: "What do you mean by your child? Do we still falsely accuse him? It is everyone who knows that this child is not good at thinking. Who doesn't know if he is going crazy! What we saw with our own eyes is fake!"
"I can't tell you, a silly child!" Old Li turned to Aunt Chen again and said, "Aunt Chen, your orphanage is here, and our neighbors don't say anything, and we will help you a little. But this Huangman and other children are so naughty. What should we do if we have any diseases on our neighbors? We can't touch them! It's getting more and more excessive. This is to make the neighbors rest in peace! Old Mrs. Bai, let's talk to her!"
"We compensate for the losses. Children, we educate."
Chapter completed!