After waiting for a while, the nearby Anli patrol police arrived soon. Sure enough, just as the middle-aged uncle said, a team of patrol police arrived at the scene, learned about what happened, checked the woman's condition, and confirmed her death.
Not long after, two patrol policemen waved their batons to drive away the crowd, clearing the passage for the two Japanese to drive away.
The conversation was all cordial, and some of them were flattering. From the time they hit the woman to death and drove away, the two Japanese didn't even apologize.
The onlookers clenched their fists, and many looked at the Buick car that was leaving quickly, showing hatred, but no one dared to do anything.
"It's all gone, it's all gone, why are you still hanging around? Hurry up and disperse!" After handling the matter, a policeman with a fierce face glared at the crowd, waved his baton, and shouted to the surrounding crowd.
The crowd dispersed quickly, and Yu Hua retreated to the street. His eyes fell on the little girl who was still pushing the woman's body in the center of the street. After a pair of patrolmen left, he walked towards the center of the street.
"Mom..." The voice of the little girl squatting next to the woman was already hoarse, her eyes were filled with crystal clear tears, and her small hands were still pushing her mother's body.
Yu Hua knelt down and held the little girl's hands. The little girl seemed to be frightened and froze. She raised her dusty little face and looked at Yu Hua.
The two looked at each other.
Yu Hua smiled and said: "Little sister, go home with your brother, okay?"
"Okay..." The little girl felt the warmth from Yu Hua's hands, and was startled. Tears suddenly flowed out uncontrollably. She was silent for a second, nodded heavily, suddenly thought of something, and quickly pointed to her mother next to her: "
Mother...and mother."
"Stop crying, your tears will freeze."
Yu Hua had a gentle smile on his face, stretched out his hand to wipe the little girl's tears, looked at the little girl's eyes as bright and clear as the bright moon, and said softly: "Mom is asleep. She is too tired. We don't want to disturb her sleep.
OK?"
The little girl nodded heavily: "Okay..."
"Let's go home." Yu Hua picked up the little girl and didn't mind the dirty things on her body. He looked back at the woman lying on the ground and said in his heart that I will take good care of her, so he took the little girl to
Go to the stalls set up on the street.
When he came to the stall selling firewood, Yu Hua took out a silver dollar and handed it to the hawker owner: "Please excuse me, shopkeeper. When the body collector comes, give this silver dollar to him. After the woman is buried, come to No. 18 Jinguo Hutong."
Inform the burial location."
There are professional corpse collectors in Beiping City who are responsible for collecting corpses. They push a small cart and collect corpses throughout the city and transport them to "righteous places" for burial. Generally, most of the corpses collected are children, most of whom died of starvation or illness.
, a small number of them are adults.
The owner of the firewood vendor sighed and took the silver dollar with both hands: "Brother, you are kind-hearted. I will accept this silver dollar and I will give it to the body collector."
"Excuse me." Yu Hua nodded, then left with the little girl in his arms.
After a while, Yu Hua arrived at the door of Chongwen's house. The little girl in his arms bit her index finger and looked at the door with a pair of big, watery eyes, full of curiosity.
Knock on the door and wait.
After a while, the main door opened.
"Sir." The person who opened the door was Xu Rui. When he saw Yu Hua holding the little girl at the door, he suddenly looked surprised and quickly stepped aside.
Yu Hua walked into the courtyard with the little girl in his arms and asked, "I have the weekend off today. I'm coming back. Where is Erya?"
After Mr. Tan's careful treatment, Xu Erya's condition has improved a lot. He went home for recuperation a few days ago. He should not do heavy work within a month as he needs to recover the lost foundation.
"Erya just made some medicine and was embroidering shoes in the house." Xu Rui quickly closed the door and followed Yu Hua without asking what was going on with the little girl in Yu Hua's arms.
Holding the little girl in his arms and looking around, Yu Hua said: "Call Erya, take her to take a bath, change into a new set of clothes, and get some food, not too much."
"Yes." Xu Rui nodded, turned around and ran to the seat.
"Brother, where is this place?" The little girl looked around, her eyes finally landed on Yu Hua's face, and asked.
Yu Hua smiled and said: "Home, our home, by the way, my brother hasn't asked you what your name is yet."
"My name is Tang Yuan...Yuan, brother, where is mother?" The little girl spoke a little slurred.
Yu Hua smiled and said, "Mom is still sleeping, Yuanyuan, do you think a sister will come to take you to take a bath, eat, and change into new clothes later?"
"Okay..." Tang Yuanyuan nodded heavily.
Soon, Xu Rui and Xu Erya arrived and came to Yu Hua's side.
"Hello, sir." Xu Erya, who had just recovered from a serious illness, was wearing a women's gown, her delicate figure showed a hint of morbid beauty, and her appearance was beautiful. She saluted Yu Hua, her eyes full of joy.
"Erya, this is Tang Yuanyuan. From now on, you will take her. You will take her to take a bath, eat, and change into new clothes." Yu Hua put down Tang Yuanyuan in his arms and arranged.
Xu Erya nodded: "Okay, Master."
Step forward and stretch your right hand towards Tang Yuanyuan.
Tang Yuanyuan was a little scared, took a step back, and looked up at Yu Hua.
"Follow sister and go take a shower. It'll be okay." Yu Hua touched Tang Yuanyuan's forehead and comforted her.
"Okay." Tang Yuanyuan nodded solemnly, stretched out her right hand and held it to Xu Erya, who was smiling.
Xu Erya bowed to Yu Hua, took Tang Yuanyuan away, and went straight to the kitchen.
In the yard, Yu Hua and Xu Rui were left alone.
Yu Hua looked around and found that the yard was clean. He couldn't help but nodded and turned to look at the silent Xu Rui next to him. He really looked like a qualified assistant: "This child's mother was just hit by a Japanese car.
I couldn't bear to die, so I brought him back."
"Hit by a Japanese car?!" Xu Rui was stunned when he heard this.
"Yes, I was killed. I didn't understand the meaning of "China's weakness" before, but I finally understand it today." Yu Hua sighed softly. In the past, when he was studying, he always read the word "China's weakness" in Chinese books and history books.
, I didn’t know what it meant at that time.
Only now, when he saw with his own eyes that a Japanese man killed a woman with his car and then left in a swagger. The patrol police who arrived not only did not help his compatriots, but instead helped him, did Yu Hua truly understand what it meant - China's weakness.
This is the fate of the weak!
A bloody fact.
"Rui Zi doesn't understand." Hearing Yu Hua's sigh, Xu Rui thought for a while and shook his head. He was too ignorant to connect Tang Yuanyuan's mother with China's weakness.
Yu Hua turned his head, looked at the confused Xu Rui, and said in a deep voice: "The Japanese are the culprits who made Yuanyuan lose her mother and your family. Do you understand now?"
The words came out like thunder.
"Master, are you telling the truth?" Xu Rui was stunned and immediately reacted, with a trace of hatred in his eyes as he said urgently.
Yu Hua affirmed: "It is absolutely true. After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894, Japan demanded huge war reparations from China and signed the most unequal and vicious Treaty of Shimonoseki, which put China in a difficult situation and the people were in dire straits.
One tax after another is pressing on the shoulders of the Chinese people..."
If the Treaty of Nanjing is the source of all evil, then the Treaty of Shimonoseki is the most vicious treaty, affecting the entire China.
The severe drought in Sichuan caused countless victims and starved to death all over the place. In addition to the government's inability to provide disaster relief, it was inextricably related to the Treaty of Nanjing.
"Japanese devils..." After receiving Yu Hua's affirmation, Xu Rui murmured softly, his eyes filled with hatred. After a while, he finally realized what he was doing.
In the past, Xu Rui didn't know who the murderer was who caused the death of his family, but after Yu Hua's advice, he finally knew.
Yu Hua looked at Xu Rui's young and intelligent face and said seriously: "Xu Rui, can I believe you?"
"Master, Xu Rui has no repayment for the life-saving kindness of the master, but he is determined and willing to do anything to repay the master." When Xu Rui heard this, he immediately reacted and glanced at Yu Hua, who had a serious face.
, as if he understood something, he knelt on the ground with one knee, cupped his fists and saluted.
Kneeling down on one knee was the rule after Yu Hua repeatedly requested it. Yu Hua really couldn't stand Xu Rui's kneeling down at every turn.
silence.
Deathly silence.
Xu Rui held his breath and did not dare to raise his head, so he had to stay still.
It must be said that Xu Rui is a talented person. He was able to drag his sister and escape from Jiangyou, Sichuan, to Peiping, which is thousands of miles away. The bumps and dangers along the way are beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
After ten breaths, Yu Hua's voice came: "You deserve to have studied in a private school for two years. Get up. You don't need to call me master from now on, just call me husband. I'm leaving soon. From now on, this house will be yours."
Take care of it, and wait until a body collector comes to inform you of the location of Yuanyuan's mother's grave. Make a note of it and try to go out as little as possible on weekdays to avoid trouble. You, Erya and Yuanyuan are still young, so you and Erya can leave the books in the main bedroom to your liking.
Look, you need to teach Yuanyuan how to read and write. If you have any questions that you don’t understand, write them down on the scratch paper and leave them for me to answer. Do you still have any questions?"
Yu Hua explained everything carefully, inside and out. Next, he had to focus on his studies and not take care of the Xu Rui brothers and Tang Yuanyuan.
"Old...sir, can Rui Zi really read and write?" Hearing Yu Hua's arrangement, Xu Rui was stunned again, his eyes showed surprise, his mouth stuttered, and his words even trembled.