"Don't dad go out to work? He drinks every day, how can he have money to support us." Xiao Ming wondered how they could survive without a mother, a typical single-parent family with a careless father who loves to drink and take care of the children, and no income.
"My eldest brother asks someone to bring money back every month." Xiao Han thought for a while and shook his head. He watched his father stay at home every day.
"What about eldest brother? Have you never seen him once? He has never been home."
"No, I have never seen my eldest brother once. He went out before we were born. Dad said that he went to a far away place to do business, and he would ask someone to send money back every month." Even at that time, Even with the money given by their eldest brother, they often don't have enough to eat. Dad only uses the money to buy wine and sleeps when he is drunk. He doesn't care whether they eat or not. He doesn't give them a change of clothes for half a month. , or Aunt Chen often cooks for them, washes their clothes, beats dates for them to eat, and Aunt Chen’s son Brother Yuan takes them to play games and avenges him and his sister when others bully them. Compared with The eldest brother Yuange, whom they have never met, is more like their elder brother.
"He didn't come back when dad passed away. The money was still sent back every month, and we lived with Aunt Chen." Xiao Han tried hard to recall that at that time, they ate at Aunt Chen's house during the day, played with Brother Yuan, and went back to their own home at night. sleep at home.
"The day the eldest brother came back with his sister-in-law and Xiaoyu, it was the first time we met him. A few days later, the eldest brother took us to move." It was late at night when he left. He was in a hurry. He went out quietly and stood next to the city gate. He was carefully hidden in a remote alley, waiting for the city gate to be opened.
Xiao Han was a little sad when he talked about what happened when he was a child. It has been almost seven years since this happened. He still remembers that since then, they have moved frequently. Sometimes they stayed in one place for a few days and then left. Many times, Spending the night on the road, Yu'er had nothing to eat and could only drink water, and finally settled down in Liujia Village.
"This is also the first time you have met my eldest brother and sister-in-law. How did you know that he is our eldest brother?" Xiao Ming asked, trying hard to recall the people and events of her childhood. However, Xiao Ming only had a few scattered memories of her childhood.
"The eldest brother can tell our names." Xiao Han hesitated. It was very sudden when he thought about it now. He didn't remember much. He only remembered that the eldest brother from far away called his name and said that he was their eldest brother. He believed it.
"Then do you still remember which city we live in?" Xiao Ming had no memory of what Xiao Han said.
"I don't remember." Xiao Han shook his head. "Sister, can we go back in the future? I miss Aunt Chen and Brother Yuan."
"If we don't go back, if we don't remember it, it won't be home anymore. This is our home."
"Oh." Xiao Han was lost. He didn't even know which direction his home was, and he couldn't go back even if he wanted to.
"But we can look for it in the future. If we find it, we can go back and have a look." Xiao Ming couldn't bear to see her brother's disappointed look.
"Well, let's go get our home back."
"I'll find a place to hide this box."
Xiao Ming hugged the nanmu box and walked out the door, returned to her room, and put the box directly into the space. There was no space for safety anywhere.
As soon as they were put away, the Wang family's urgent shouts were heard outside the door.
"Xiao Ming, Xiao Ming, come out soon, something big is going on." The eldest Wang's voice was urgent. She shouted loudly at the door before entering the house, alarming both the Song family in the ground and Xiao Han in the house. .
"What's wrong, Sister-in-law Wang?" Xiao Ming quickly walked out of the backyard.
"Girl Xiao Ming, take the medicine box to Mrs. Liu's house quickly, someone is going to die." Mrs. Wang shouted, so anxious that her feet couldn't touch the ground and she was out of breath.
"Did Liu Baogen's disease develop?" Xiao Ming asked, "No, it shouldn't be. If you take the medicine she gave you, you will be fine in the next year or two. You will be cured after the course of treatment, and it is impossible to get sick at all."
"No." Da Wang swallowed a mouthful of saliva and took a deep breath.
"It was Daya and Erdan who drowned in the river. Erdan hit his head and couldn't wake up no matter how hard he screamed."
"What, let's go." Xiao Ming was shocked and asked Xiao Han to put the medicine box on his back and go out. Mrs. Song followed anxiously.
"How could this happen?" Mrs. Song asked anxiously.
"Xiao Yatou, go to the village chief's house. I'm lying down at the village chief's house." Da Wang reminded him as he followed, if it weren't for his head who happened to be passing by the river today and watched Liu Daya holding Er Dan while crying. Walking by the river, it felt a little strange, and I couldn't help but take a few more glances. Unexpectedly, the two of them jumped straight into the river when they reached the river. He was so frightened that he quickly rescued them. Unfortunately, Erdan hit the stone and was almost dead. When I walked into the village head's house, I could hear the scoldings of Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Liu in the distance. Many villagers were already watching in the yard, discussing today's incident and accusing Mrs. Liu's family of being unkind.
"You old lady Yu, who has killed tens of millions of people, first forced Daya's mother to death, and then forced them to death. Do you still have a conscience?" Mrs. Wang was extremely angry, pointing at Old Lady Liu and scolding her.
"Why did you force them to die? I found a good place for them, but they couldn't think of dying on their own." Mrs. Liu retorted. She finally found a good place for these two money-losers, but they actually had to go to the river by themselves. .
"Everyone, please get out of the way, Xiao Yatou is here." The eldest Wang yelled and opened a way for Xiao Ming to come out, and the Wangs also stopped.
"Girl Xiao, come and see Erdan." Village chief Liu Jisheng called.
Liu Erdan was lying on the wooden board, his face was gray, his breath was coming in but not coming out, he was unconscious, and fresh fish was still boiling on his head. Liu Daya knelt beside him with a blank expression, holding his brother's hand, his eyes blank. god.
The two of them were fished out not long after they jumped, but Liu Erdan was unlucky and encountered a big rock and hit it directly. He fainted after being rescued.
"Aunt Xiao, there is no need to save me, just let my brother go as he is." Liu Daya took Xiao Ming's hand and begged softly, feeling sad and tears falling down.
"What are you talking about? He is your brother, how can you bear to let him die?" Xiao Ming scolded.
"Keeping him alive will only make him more miserable." Liu Daya cried, remembering what grandma had said to Ren Yazi. In order to get more money, she would not hesitate to send him in and send her to the Yangzhou Fireworks Field. "Grandma is going to take him Sell it to the palace."
"What." Xiao Ming was horrified, very angry, and couldn't stop being angry. He didn't expect Mrs. Liu to be such a person. How could Erdan be a human being after entering the palace? How could a grandma want to send her grandson to the palace? He was not a living person. Not going down.
"Rescue the people first, then the village chief won't let them sell you." Xiao Ming comforted her, leaving her alone and quickly treating Erdan.
"If there is anything to be saved, let them die. There is a good place for them to go, but he is still unwilling and insists on meeting the King of Hell. It is really unlucky." Mrs. Liu said dissatisfied.
"You old fool, tell me clearly where you want to go. You want to sell them. Do you think I don't know?" Da Wang said angrily. Ren Yazi wants to drag people away. Liu Daya and Liu Daya will live or die. Unwilling to leave, kowtowing and begging for mercy, Mrs. Liu started a quarrel in the yard on the spot, cursing the two of them for not knowing how to behave, and making a lot of noise.
She heard everything from the neighbor next door, but she didn't expect that Liu Erya and Erdan would impulsively commit suicide by drowning themselves in the river.
