When a red sun rises slowly from the east, shining with golden light, driving away the clouds and fog, Huang Chen welcomes the morning glow, formally finishes his work, and drags his exhausted body into his home. The mute girl has already made breakfast, but she usually gets up very early.
Mrs. Zhang has not yet woken up. Huang Chen washed his face and neck with water, and when the heat in his body went away, he walked into the room and walked to the bed to gently shake Mr. Zhang awake.
Mrs. Zhang opened her red and swollen eyelids, her eyes were dull and unfocused. It took her a while to come back to her senses. With Huang Chen's help, she slowly sat up. She turned to look out the window and saw that the sky was getting brighter. She asked in a hoarse voice: "
What time is it now?"
"It's time for dinner." Huang Chen said, "My grandma is too sad and needs to rest. If I hadn't eaten anything since yesterday, I wouldn't have the heart to wake her up."
Mrs. Zhang stared blankly at her son, feeling different today from yesterday. Is the person in front of her really the son who often doesn't say a word for three to five days?
Huang Chen had already thought of his words, and without panicking, he said in a deep voice: "Abba is gone. I am the only man in the family now, and I will no longer live in such a hazy life as before. Mom, I will take my place.
One shoulder supports this home."
Zhang's eyes were covered with mist. Huang Chen hugged her shoulders and comforted her softly. Zhang whispered: "Your father's biggest wish is for you to return to your normal appearance. If he has a soul in heaven, he can see you like you are now."
, you will definitely be very happy.”
"Abba knows everything." Huang Chen deliberately lied to her: "Yesterday, Abba's soul entered my dream, and he said to me: "Ama will leave it to you in the future." I promised Abba that I would definitely do it.
Let you live a good life."
Huang Chen's expression didn't change, and it didn't look like he was lying. Zhang asked eagerly: "Did your father give you a dream?"
Huang Chen nodded to confirm, and seeing that she was about to cry again, he hurriedly said: "Mom, the mute girl's rice is ready, let's go and eat some." Yan Wen helped Zhang out of bed. The mute girl stood at the door and took in this scene.
With the whole scene in sight, I was amazed at Huang Chen's huge change. His hands were not slow and he brought the food to the table one by one. In addition to the white porridge, salted fish and pickled vegetables that he had eaten last night, there was also a large bowl of boiled fish.
It has nothing to do with the famous dish of boiled fish in modern Sichuan cuisine. It is just boiled fish in plain water. The mute girl was worried that Zhang's body would be weak after the great tragedy, so she specially boiled three fragrant eggs to replenish her health.
Mrs. Zhang picked up an egg, removed the shell, but did not eat it herself. Instead, she put it into Huang Chen's bowl and said, "Mom, you are not hungry. You are growing. I will give you three chickens to eat."
While Huang Chen returned the egg to Zhang's bowl, he said: "I am taller and stronger than an adult. It would be good to be longer, but it doesn't matter if it is not longer. Mom, your face is pale and you are sweating on your forehead. It must be
It’s due to physical weakness, so eat it quickly.”
Zhang refused and tried to shirk it again. Huang Chen said helplessly: "How about this? Three eggs, one for each of us?"
The mute girl shook her head like a rattle, while Mrs. Zhang nodded in agreement.
Seeing the mute girl lowering her head and nibbling on the eggs, with a snow-white face, Huang Chen felt something in his heart. In modern times, she would definitely be studying in middle school carefree. She might occasionally worry about her studies, and most of the time she would discuss it with her good friends.
Makeup, hairstyle, clothes... Surrounded by a group of boys anytime and anywhere, receiving countless love letters and text messages every day, gathering thousands of favors...
After the meal, Mrs. Zhang began to pack up her deceased husband's belongings. She cried quietly as she missed her deceased husband. The latter was buried in the sea and his body could not be recovered. She could only put her emotions in a tomb to comfort herself. The so-called tomb means that the remains of the deceased are buried in place of the bones.
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Huang Chen helped the mute girl clean up the dishes, sent them to the kitchen, and asked her, "Do you have any relatives alive?"
The mute girl paused, her clear eyes slightly flustered, she nodded first, then shook her head.
Huang Chen thought that she still had some relatives, but they were not close relatives, so he said: "Do you want to go home? If you want, I can find a way..." Before he could finish his words, he saw the mute girl shaking her head, almost anxious.
Cry it out….
"Okay, okay, don't cry, don't cry... It doesn't matter if you don't want to go home. You will treat this place as your home from now on." Huang Chen comforted her in a warm voice. When the mute girl went out to clean the dishes, Huang Chen had questions in his mind.
It became more and more intense. Even a person who was born deaf and mute could still make a sound without speaking, while the mute girl could not make any sound at all. He judged that there were three possibilities. One was that she was pretending to be mute, the other was that she had aphasia, and the third was that she had eaten by mistake.
Poisonous things. "Maybe we should find a chance to find out." Huang Chen thought silently in his heart.
Zhang sorted out her relics, and Huang Chen accompanied her out of the village through the north gate and walked into the mountains on the mountain path. Pirates roamed the sea all year round, licking blood with their sword heads. Death was an extremely common thing. There was a large cemetery in the village.
In this mountain, with the peaks at its back and the sea in front, there is plenty of sunshine and luxuriant trees. Even people who don't know how to do it can tell that the feng shui of this place is good.
Huang Chen put Huang's father's relics into the coffin and buried them. Mrs. Zhang cried so hard that she almost fainted. On the way home, Huang Chen, in order to get rid of her sadness, said: "Mom, I want to do some work as soon as possible."
To supplement the household income, who can I ask for help?”
After hearing this, Mrs. Zhang put aside her sorrow temporarily and thought about it quietly. Several of Huang's close friends died at sea with him, and now they have only casual relations with most of the people in the village. Soon she remembered a young man named Zhao Hongyi.
Zhao Hongyi is from Yiwu in Jinhua Prefecture. When Zhao Hongyi first came to the village, Huang's father had helped him. It happened that his companion had recently fallen ill and died. It was better to let Huang Chen work for him. There was some old friendship between the two parties, and he could take care of his son. Nian
At this point, Mrs. Zhang spoke to Huang Chen.
"Zhao Hongyi..." Huang Chen's memory was incomplete and he couldn't remember this person, but since his mother recommended him, he was expected to be good.
When she got home, Mrs. Zhang counted the funeral money she received, and found that there were about three taels and less than four taels left. She added some more and collected five taels. She gave it to Huang Chen and warned: "Take the funeral money. You are a fool."
, can’t do anything, most people don’t want to accept such a person. When you go to Zhao’s house later, remember to be good at talking, plus this money, and your father’s kindness in the past, the other party should not refuse. "
Five taels of silver was equivalent to almost half of his family's property. Huang Chen felt the heavy silver in his hand and nodded vigorously. He helped his mother to bed, Huang Chen returned to the west room and opened the suitcase. There were only three or four pieces of clothes in it.
Mainly dressed in blue and gray, he took out the green cloth clothes and white cloth trousers that he thought were the most decent ones, changed out of his mourning clothes, put on his cloth shoes, and left the house.
The Huang family is in the north of the village, and the Zhao family is in the south of the village. They need to cross most of the village. Huang Chen walks slowly and slowly, looking left and right as he walks. From time to time he meets some people on the way, but he wants to greet them with a smile, and others also
If you don't give him a good look, you, the turtle bastard, will your reputation be wasted? Huang Chen doesn't want to do the stupid thing of being hot-faced and cold-butt, and turning a blind eye to everyone.
The stone houses in the village are all similar, not much different from his house, but it cannot be generalized. For example, in the center of the village, there are dozens of tall houses with brick and wood structures as the main body, surrounding the courtyard.
The residences of people of high status. Although they are still unsightly in Huang Chen's eyes, they are already the best houses in the village. Huang Chen secretly made up his mind to bring his grandmother and dumb sister to live here.
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Just when Huang Chen was full of confidence and high in fighting spirit, a group of naked boys in the distance cheered up, ran around him and sang: "Stinky bastard, big stupid guy, with a mute girl, no wife... Stinky bastard,
A big stupid guy with a mute girl and no wife..."
"..." Huang Chen rubbed his fingers in embarrassment. He was ridiculed mercilessly by a group of children. It was a big blow to his self-confidence, but he couldn't respond yet. As an adult, he couldn't talk to someone with a naked buttocks.
Little children care about everything.
Huang Chen was about to disperse the child when a skinny black boy suddenly appeared from a dark alley in front of him, like a monkey. Then seven or eight boys followed closely behind him, chasing, kicking, and attacking the short black boy.
A critical greeting, obviously preparing to fight to death...
The children beside Huang Chen were stunned by the sudden tragedy in front of them, crying for their father and mother, and dispersed in a crowd.
The black dwarf boy was fighting against seven, and all seven of them were taller and stronger than him. If someone else had to run away or beg for mercy, he had no other way out, but he chose to fight to the death. The black dwarf boy ignored the punches and kicks falling from all directions.
One person was targeted, he raised his fist and hit the hammer hard, knocking down one person in a few blows, then started a frenzied fight and knocked down the second person.
Huang Chen couldn't help but shake his head. You must know that these teenagers are the sons of desperadoes. They have lived in an environment where the jungle is strong and the strong eats the strong. They have developed a violent temper. The fall of their companions will not make them feel afraid, but will arouse them.
The violence in his heart. Huang Chen estimated that with the black boy's injuries and physical strength, he would be beaten to the ground if he succeeded once or twice at most.
The short black boy Huang Chen didn't have the slightest impression. Those boys were old acquaintances. They used to like to bully him and call him a turtle bastard. However, Huang Chen had no intention of getting involved. He was new here and it was not appropriate to get into trouble. He thought in his heart that doing more was better than doing less.
He raised his feet and walked away. Unexpectedly, after taking a few steps, he heard a drake shouting: "Little bastard, who told you to leave?"
Huang Chen stopped abruptly and looked back, only to see two teenagers walking out of the dark alley. The speaker was the one on the left. He was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a narrow face, a flat nose and thick lips, and a striking eye-catching eyelid in the upper left corner of his mouth.
Black mole. He is the leader of the group of teenagers, named Yang Dong. His father is a small pirate leader with some power. Yang Dong uses his father's name to pretend to be powerful, and he has some fists and kicks, so he can be called one of the village teenagers.
He is such a tyrant that even adults dare not provoke him easily.
Huang Chen quickly glanced at the person on the right. He was about fourteen or fifteen years old. He was wearing a purple satin dress that few people in the village could afford, a square scarf on his head, and silk shoes, which all showed that he was extraordinary.
The identity of the young man is that his skin is slightly darker, his face is slightly childish, his eyes are bright, and the corners of his mouth are slightly raised. The most eye-catching thing is that he has a pair of big ears full of blessings, and his arms are much longer than normal.
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"Is this the legendary two ears hanging on the shoulders, hands above the knees..." A strange look appeared on Huang Chen's face. Could it be that he was possessed by the "big-eared thief" Liu Bei? Huang Chen didn't recognize him, but judging from his clothes,
Even thinking about it, he knew that he was not an ordinary person. It was no surprise that he was the son of the village leaders. To be honest, Huang Chen couldn't offend him, so Yang Dong was a different matter.
"I am the little bastard, and you are the little bastard!" Huang Chen said with a cold face.
The big-eared boy didn't care about Yang Dong's feelings at all, and burst out laughing. Then he looked at Huang Chen with great interest and said in his heart: "Interesting, interesting... I laughed my grandpa to death! How come I didn't find that there were people in the village before?"
Such a person?"
Yang Dong's face turned red all of a sudden and he cursed: "Stop your mother! You little bastard without a father! How dare you insult me? Don't you want to live?".