good old days

The uncle started chatting, attracting many neighbors who were enjoying the cool air at the door and chatting.

"The Jinshun family is smart. They know that pretending to be pitiful can really get money. If we can't borrow it in the village, we go to other places to borrow it. The injuries on her mother-in-law's body are new ones before they heal. I used to think she was pitiful. , if you look at her now, she deserves it.”

"If you are poor, be poorer. Who's rich? But no one breaks their back like her family to beg for money. Isn't that a lie?"

"If every household was like theirs, then everyone would go out on the streets to cheat and beg for money."

"Old Deng, have you come back from asking for money? How much have you got today? Is it enough to buy a pound of wine?"

Everyone's eyes fell on the short, thin old man on a crutch who had just walked over and looked quite old. He was wearing shabby clothes.

Luo Chaosheng also looked at him. The old man was short and thin. He was holding a stick in one hand and a broken bowl in the other. He looked very slovenly. When he walked over, he still smelled sour.

Lao Deng waved his hand and said with a smile: "It doesn't cost much, it's enough to smoke a cigarette."

After the people left, everyone started talking about it.

The old man said to Luo Chaosheng: "Did you see that this old Deng learned it from Jin Shun'er's family?"

After a few more words of ridicule, the old man asked, "How much money did you lend to Jin Shuner's family?"

Luo Chaosheng said vaguely: "Not much, I just feel uncomfortable."

The old lady next to her nodded matter-of-factly, "Don't you have to feel comfortable? She can get money every day when she asks for it. Everyone she knows has been borrowed by them all the time. People who are familiar with her face can't borrow money." When I go to other places, I always meet kind-hearted people. Will the people who gave her money feel comfortable seeing her cheating and asking for money? There was a man who generously gave me a dollar. I didn’t know where I met her the day before yesterday. All the people who wanted money came to the village..."

Luo Chaosheng kept his face quiet and continued to talk to the others. He was already very unhappy with Liu Fengxi, a woman in his heart.

"Uncle, has her whole family gone to beg for money?"

"How can that be possible? Jin Shun'er's two sons are at his father's house, and his father's house is at the eldest son's house at the east end of the village. The old couple has a very precious son, so they are not willing to let their son go to the streets to beg for food."

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After finishing their inquiries, Luo Chaosheng smoked a cigarette and waited for Liu Fengxi and his wife to come back.

After a while, the couple came back hand in hand.

Luo Chaosheng followed the two of them into the small courtyard of her house. All the neighbors outside poked their heads to see the excitement.

Jin Shun'er couldn't use one of her legs and walked with a limp.

Liu Fengxi helped him sit down and said worriedly: "It's better to go to the hospital quickly, otherwise what will happen if it gets worse? The doctor said that he needs to lie down and recuperate recently."

Luo Chaosheng coughed and interrupted the two of them, "I'm just here to tell you that Duoduo is now on my household registration book and has nothing to do with you. Don't look for her again in the future."

Before Liu Fengxi could say anything, Jin Shun'er jumped, "You fart, Duoduo was Fengxi's child, what does it have to do with you? You can't give birth to her yourself, so you want to pick up a daughter for nothing."

Luo Chaosheng glanced at Liu Fengxi, who subconsciously avoided his gaze.

"Liu Fengxi, you didn't want Duoduo in the first place, right? Why do you want her now?"

Jin Shuner: "For what? How can there be a reason? What is the reason for the reunion of biological mother and daughter?"

Luo Chaosheng didn't look at him: "Liu Fengxi, you can say it yourself."

Jin Shun'er was ignored, and after holding back her anger, she slapped Liu Fengxi on the face, "I asked you to say it! Why don't you say it yet?" Luo Chaosheng frowned, "Comrade, what kind of man do you think you are if you hit your own woman? "

In order to provoke him, Jin Shun'er slapped Liu Fengxi again and said, "You also said, she is a woman of my own family. I can hit her if I want. It's none of your business."

Liu Fengxi covered her face after being beaten, and looked at Luo Chaosheng dissatisfied and tough, "My family's affairs have nothing to do with you, don't get involved! I gave birth to Duoduo, and I will come back if I want to."

Luo Chaosheng laughed angrily, "If you want her, go and ask the police station if it supports you. I thought you really missed her. I shouldn't have come to you. Duoduo is my daughter and has nothing to do with you. If it’s okay, I’ll leave.”

There was a slap from behind.

"If you don't get your child back, I'll beat you to death!"

Luo Chaosheng frowned and listened to the movement behind him. He felt that Jin Shun'er was not a man, but also felt that Liu Fengxi deserved it.

He turned around and said, "If you hit someone again, I'll call the police."

Jin Shun snorted: "Call the police? It's none of your business if I beat my own women? What? Is this woman your side chick?"

Luo Chaosheng was angered by this shameless person, took a deep breath, suppressed his temper and left the yard.

There were many people in the village, so Liu Fengxi chased Luo Chaosheng to the entrance of the village. She stopped him only after not noticing the probing eyes of the neighbors.

She looked pitiful and honest, "Brother Luo, please return Duoduo to me, otherwise not only my man will not be able to spare me, but my father-in-law will not be able to spare me either."

Luo Chaosheng asked directly: "You want a child so that she can go to the streets with you to beg for money?"

Liu Fengxi hesitated and couldn't answer, and the twinkling look in her eyes showed that she felt guilty.

The first time she went back to Shitou Hutong to beg for money, she was forced to panic. If she couldn't borrow the money to go home, she would be beaten. But she didn't expect that so many people would be willing to give her money after showing her wounds. Within a month, they were begging for money. At more than [-] yuan, it is more than what they earn from digging in the fields for a year. How can this not make people excited?

Both her father-in-law and her husband have said that children and poor women can get the most money. She is doing this for the good of her family. If she has money in the future, Duoduo's life will not be bad.

She had eaten a bite of meat in the past two days, and she would be rewarded with a piece of meat if she did well. As long as Duoduo obeyed, she could live a good life.

"Brother Luo, please take pity on me. Don't worry, Duoduo is my biological child. No matter what she is asked to do at home in the future, I will ensure that she can live a good life."

Luo Chaosheng didn't believe a word of Liu Fengxi's words.

Jin Shun'er beat her as usual, but she herself was obedient and did not dare to resist. When Duo Duo was brought back, how could Duo Duo not be beaten? Will she, as a biological mother, protect her?

"From now on, Duoduo will settle in Xinjiang Province, and her household registration will be moved with me. She has nothing to do with you, so please don't worry about it."

Hateful people must have miserable suffering, but Luo Chaosheng felt that Liu Fengxi not only did not feel suffering, but also enjoyed it.

Before leaving, he said the next sentence: "If he hits you, you should return it. If you don't fight back, you will be beaten by him for the rest of your life."

For the sake of his comrades, he gave a kind reminder.

It was useless to ask her to divorce, and he didn't think she could do it if she was asked to fight back, looking at her cowardly appearance.

Liu Fengxi really couldn't do it, and even felt that Luo Chaosheng was harming her.

How can you fight back? As long as she hides, she will be beaten harder. If she fights back, she will be beaten to death?

Only by being obedient can she have food to eat. If she begs for a lot of money, she will be a great hero and will be rewarded with meat. Luo Chaosheng just stands and talks without pain in his back.

Thinking of the consequences if her child didn't go home, Liu Fengxi trembled and chased after him.

However, Luo Chaosheng walked slowly and got into a truck again on the roadside. After a while, the truck disappeared into the night.