let me look at you

Chapter 27 Take me away
She finally heard the familiar sound of wandering footsteps outside the door. Although she didn't know if he came to knock on the door, she was willing to share her own small world with others, the beautiful, wonderful, absurd, and sad.

That day, Ju Nian successfully got the registration fee from her father. She took it and said, "Thank you, Dad".Xie Maohua, who has always been taciturn, felt inexplicably mixed. He sighed, took out another 50 yuan note from his wallet, and handed it to his daughter.

"Take it to buy something."

Ju Nian was also surprised, she felt tears rushing into her eyes, she thought, it must have been a long time since she was excited by seeing so much pocket money.

"Why, no need?" Dad waited for a while but did not see Ju Nian stretching out his hand, his brows frowned.

Ju Nian took it quickly, why not? With a huge sum of 50 yuan, she and Wu Yu can each buy a sports wristband. When playing, the handle will no longer cause the wrists to become red and swollen.It was heard that a small shop was going to be opened near Wu Yu's house, and the remaining money was enough for the two of them to buy some snacks, which they would sit under Wu Yu's pomegranate tree to enjoy slowly.

Mom also came out of the bedroom, saying that Ju Nian had grown taller.Ju Nian wanted to take a look at his younger brother by the way, but his younger brother fell asleep and was afraid of being late for the afternoon class, so he hurriedly said goodbye.When I walked downstairs to my father's house, I accidentally looked up, and on the balcony on the fifth floor, the snow-white school uniform flashed by.

More than half a month later, the senior high school entrance examination has ended, and the results have not yet been announced. It is the time of summer vacation. One day, there is an astonishing news that Xie Maohua has lost his job.The reason is that, as a public official, he violated the national family planning policy. After being reported and verified, he was dismissed from public office and had to pay a considerable amount of "social maintenance fees".

Xie Maohua is the pillar of the family's life, this news is like a thunderbolt on a sunny day to their family.Ju Nian's younger brother has been born for several years. Although it is said to be adopted, most people who know him know it well.Chinese people have always had a strong concept of incense, and this matter is related to their jobs, and there is no stake in it. Most people just pretend to be confused, turn a blind eye and close their eyes. After three or four years like this, how could they suddenly bump into a gun? mouth?
Xie Maohua was driving for the dean, and as soon as the news reached his ears, it was not that he didn't think about going to dean Han to find a solution.Dean Han had already received the appointment to the city court at that time, and he was always upright. After hearing Xie Maohua's pleading, he just asked, is the report from others true?

Xie Maohua was helplessly silent.Dean Han also showed helplessness, saying: "Old Xie, if you want to blame, you can only blame you for being too confused. No one said anything about this matter, maybe it's over, but now the report letters are posted at the door of the secretary's office. How will it end for you? I am also a person who is about to resign, and my words may not be effective. You have to reflect on this matter yourself. Let’s do this, dismissal from public office is inevitable, but your child is still young, so you can stay in the office as an external employee. Driving in the courtyard..."

The words have come to this point, Xie Maohua also knows that it is difficult to undo.He is a face-saving person, he still has no face to stay as a temporary worker, he left the procuratorate as soon as he gritted his teeth, and drove a truck for a long distance.Going outside in the wind and rain to find a bite to eat is naturally not comparable to his life of driving a car for the leader.Xie Maohua's family cursed the person who secretly reported him to die, but thinking that he had a son after all, after thinking about it, he felt that everything was worth it for this.

Ju Nian heard about this from her aunt, and her only reaction was surprise, utter surprise.Dad lost his job, will she become a street kid?Fortunately, she graduated from junior high school, even if she dropped out of school, no one would want her, and she would not starve to death.After closing the door of her own room, she lay on the small bed and couldn't help wondering whether this incident had something to do with her going back to ask her father for money that day. There was no evidence to prove this guess, but this idea just popped up so strangely.

She was not particularly sad.These years, because her younger brother ignored her existence, her parents could even say that she has mental problems. Is she resentful in her heart?Ju Nian thought about it for a long time, no, no, she understands her parents, she is not cute, and her parents always have to find someone to love.Maybe when she was a child, she got lost on a strange path, and when she watched the sky get darker, she figured it out.She closed the door in her world, and there was a thunderbolt outside the door. When she heard it, she felt melancholy.

Just as he was thinking, there was a strange noise on the window glass.Ju Nian hurriedly opened the window, and sure enough, Wu Yu secretly waved at her from outside the window.Aunt went out, Ju Nian was very free, she closed the door, Wu Yu stood in the sun for a long time, her face was flushed red.

Ju Nian waved the change in his hand at him: "Wu Yu, let's go to the canteen to drink soda."

Wu Yu shook her head.

Ju Nian remembered that Wu Yu didn't like that small shop.

The owner of the small shop is my uncle's cousin, and he is still a little bit related to Ju Nian.My uncle's cousin is called Lin Henggui, and he opened a small shop called "Henggui Store". Ju Nian thought the name was a bit funny, as if it implied that the products inside were always expensive.

In fact, whether it is expensive or not, Lin Henggui was born and raised here with his uncle and brother, but he is more restless than his cousin. He went out for a round in the early years, but it seemed that there was no improvement, so he returned to a familiar place. Opened a small shop and settled down.The shops in the urban-rural fringe area only sell some simple daily necessities. Lin Henggui likes to be greedy for cheap things. When he meets old people, children or foolish people, he often "miscalculates" when looking for money. If someone comes to the door angrily, he will He even apologized and scolded himself for not being smart enough. If someone else was even smarter than him, then of course people wouldn't know it.

Because of this, Ju Nian also doesn't like my uncle's cousin, but there is no closer store nearby.Wu Yu's dislike for Lin Henggui was different.Ju Nian asked many times before Wu Yu told her.

It turned out that Wu Yu's father also grew up in this urban village, and was about the same age as Lin Henggui.When he was young, Lin Henggui was a bum, who often flirted with women.Once, I got involved with a married woman nearby. The woman's husband took out a knife in a rage and took his friends to fight Lin Henggui. The friends on both sides fought like this.Wu Yu's father was a friend of the "cuckold" husband. He happened to have a little wine that night, so he vented his anger on his friend "righteously" and stabbed to death a helper Lin Henggui had found. Mourning Huangquan.

Lin Henggui was not legally responsible for this matter, and was released after being called in for questioning.Wu Yu's father was impulsive after drinking and could not blame anyone, but the cause of the incident was Lin Henggui. His indiscretion indirectly made Wu Yu an orphan, and he had no one to rely on when he was young.Wu Yu had heard her grandma mention it since she was a child, so it was inevitable that she would harbor hatred for this person.Ju Nian regretted her gaffe, but she didn't expect this level.

So, she said to Wu Yu: "How about this, you wait for me at the bamboo forest, and I will come right away."

After Ju Nian finished speaking, he ran into the commissary alone.It was mid-afternoon, and Lin Henggui was dozing off on the dilapidated recliner behind the counter. There was no one in the shop, only his dog named "Zhao Fu" barked at Ju Nian.

Lin Henggui heard the dog barking, opened his eyes lazily, saw someone coming, turned over and sat up.

"Ouch, who am I talking about, the year of the orange, don't you need to go to school?"

Because of his uncle's relationship, Ju Nian still has to respect Lin Henggui.She said obediently: "I'm on summer vacation. Uncle Henggui, give me two bottles of soda, and take them away with you. I'll bring them back to you later." She said, and handed over the money.

Lin Henggui said in his mouth: "One family is talking about two families." But he took the money in his hand.While taking a soda from the freezer, he turned his head and looked at Ju Nian, "Our family is very good at recruiting, and we don't bark when we see ordinary people barking. Ju Nian, you seldom come to your uncle's place. You are about to go to high school. She's grown into a big girl."

Ju Nian didn't know what to say, he just wanted to get the soda quickly, so he simply didn't answer, and lowered his head to tease Zhaofu.

Lin Henggui took two bottles of soda for a long time, Ju Nian was feeling surprised when he heard him say in the store: "Oh, Ju Nian, there is something wrong with your money."

Ju Nian was dumbfounded when he heard it.What she handed to Lin Henggui was a ten-yuan note, which was left over from the 50 yuan her father gave her last time. She never thought that she would get a counterfeit note.

"How could it be, Uncle Henggui, please see clearly." She hurriedly said to Lin Henggui.

"Or, come in and have a look, you kid, you are too careless, you can't even recognize such obvious counterfeit money."

Ju Nian didn't doubt that he had it, and ran to Lin Henggui's side in a few steps, and took the money from him, why didn't she realize how thin it was before.

Ten yuan is not a small amount for Ju Nian. When she thought of the money being turned into waste paper, her eyes turned red.

Lin Henggui looked very sympathetic: "How about I go tell your aunt and uncle to give you another ten yuan?"

"No, no need." Ju Nian was surprised again. She didn't tell her aunt about the money her father gave her. Although it wasn't some shameful money, but with her aunt's temper, if she found out about it, she would definitely scold her. She said something like "a white-eyed wolf, I'm not familiar with it, and I know how to hide money".

With Lin Henggui's cunning, how could he not see Ju Nian's panic, he immediately asked in a low voice: "I said Ju Nian, could this money be from you..."

"I didn't steal it! My father gave me the money." After all, Ju Nian was still a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child, immersed in his own little world, not knowing the dangers of the world, or being too naive.When Lin Henggui said this, he was so angry and wronged that tears almost fell down.

Lin Henggui repeatedly comforted her: "Silly girl, what's the point of crying about ten yuan, come in, and uncle will find a way for you."

The teary-eyed Ju Nian was dragged into the back of the small shop by Lin Henggui, who was half-pushed and half-persuaded before he could speak.There was a bed there, which was obviously where Lin Henggui usually lived.

After Ju Nian went in, he also felt something was wrong.

"Uncle Henggui, I'm going back."

She wanted to go out, but Lin Henggui blocked the door.

"What's the hurry, uncle will find a way for you. Ju Nian, uncle has always loved you very much. Among the children in this area, you are the most well-behaved and most beautiful."

His eyes rolled over Ju Nian, and his hands greeted Ju Nian seemingly inadvertently.

"Uncle, I really want to go home." Ju Nian panicked and just wanted to run away. She tried to squeeze out from the gap between Lin Henggui's body and the small door, but was squeezed back by Lin Henggui's body.

The unfamiliar physical contact made Ju Nian feel nervous and disgusted.

"Uncle, what are you doing, I'm going to scream, I'm going to tell my aunt, ah—" Ju Nian screamed.

Lin Henggui covered her mouth with one hand, and took out a thick stack of loose money from his trousers pocket with the other hand: "Be good, be obedient, uncle will give you the money."

"No... woo..." Ju Nian waved away the money, but was restrained by Lin Henggui again, and could only make a whimpering sound.Lin Henggui's hand was on her budding body. She struggled and struggled again. The gap in strength between men and girls, adults and children was so great. When she heard the slight sound of a button falling to the ground, she began to feel despair.

It was at this time that Wu Yu opened the curtain between the store and the interior and rushed in.He waited outside for a long time, his instinctive distrust of Lin Henggui made him worry about Ju Nian's safety, this time, his suspicion saved Ju Nian.

Wu Yu pounced on Lin Henggui like a little leopard, the two of them rolled on the ground, Ju Nian was able to get away, wrapped his arms around himself, and stared blankly at the scene in front of him.

At first, Lin Henggui was unprepared, Wu Yu pressed him on the ground and punched him several times, blood oozing from the corner of his mouth.Wu Yu hated him so much that she was merciless and shouted: "You won't even let her go, you are not human at all."

"I'm not human, I'm not human, I'm teasing her." Lin Henggui repeatedly parried and begged for mercy, "Stop beating, stop beating."

Wu Yu vented his anger, and gradually eased his hands. Lin Henggui's annoying face was completely unrecognizable under his hands. He wished he could kill this scum.But thinking of the word "kill", Wu Yu's blood started to turn cold. He is the son of a murderer, so he is destined to take this path.No, he didn't want to accept this fate, he didn't want to be like his father.

As if sensing Wu Yu's hesitation, Lin Henggui suddenly counterattacked at this moment. With a bang, Wu Yu was knocked to the ground by him, and before he could get up in time, Lin Henggui grabbed his neck.Wu Yu resisted vigorously, but he was not yet an adult, so to be honest, he was no match for that scumbag.

Ju Nian was trembling at the side, and she couldn't even cry. She tried to help Wu Yu, but was kicked down by Lin Henggui as soon as she got close.

"Go, go!" Wu Yu spat out these words with difficulty, his eyes were urging Ju Nian to leave this place of right and wrong.

The heroines in TV dramas are all unwilling to leave, insisting on staying to live and die with the male protagonist, but Ju Nian doesn’t want to die here, neither she nor Wu Yu should die here, she is useless and cannot save her Best friend, but she has to find someone to save him.

Lin Henggui wanted to stop her, but Ju Nian narrowly escaped his reaching out to grab her hand, and opened the curtain, the light outside was very dazzling.Inside, Lin Henggui still refused to let Wu Yu go.

"Little bastard, you are as bad as your old man. You look short-lived. Let's see how I deal with you."

Lin Henggui cursed and cursed, the sound of fighting made Ju Nian tremble again.Hatred was ignited in her heart like a kindling. Will people be bullied forever?She, and Wu Yu, just want to be a good child, but besides herself, who will fulfill them?Rabbits will bite people when they are in a hurry.

The two bottles of soda that Lin Henggui took out from the freezer came into Ju Nian's sight. They were orange-flavored, orange liquid, and the transparent glass bottles were covered with drops of water.Ju Nian didn't run out of the door, she picked up a bottle of soda, turned around and rushed back to the room, aiming at the back of Lin Henggui's head, raising and dropping the bottle without any hesitation, just like her backhand smash in badminton. Skills, fast, accurate, ruthless, clean and neat.

There was a dull sound of being hit by a blunt object, and everything was still.Then, as if in slow motion, Lin Henggui turned around slowly and stared at Ju Nian. Ju Nian took a step back. She thought she hadn't succeeded. However, a red earthworm snaked down from Lin Henggui's neck very slowly, He opened his mouth, made no sound, and fell to the ground with a thud.

Wu Yu was also stunned by the change in front of her. She got up from the ground, looked at the expressionless Ju Nian, and then kicked Lin Henggui's limp body with her toes.

"I killed him?" Ju Nian murmured.

Wu Yu took a deep breath, and held Ju Nian's hand who was still in his dream.

"Run," he said.

Ju Nian was dragged away by him, did anyone outside notice all this?Maybe, maybe not.Gradually, Ju Nian followed passively from the beginning to running hard like Wu Yu.For many years, when they jogged in the morning, they went one after the other, but today they clasped their fingers together and headed towards an unknown front.

They ran so fast that Ju Nian felt that he was not running, but flying.Fear, sadness, and anger can't keep up with their pace, everything in the past is like a passing cloud, everything unknown is still nothingness, they only have the present running, like, like the only two people in the world, like, just like Xiao Qiushui and Tang Fang in the cool autumn leaves.

"Take me away." Ju Nian said these words silently, she was shy and didn't dare to let Wu Yu hear, but her heart said so.

Of course Wu Yu couldn't hear, nor did he see the opening and closing of Ju Nian's lips, but he suddenly glanced at Ju Nian and tried his best to smile.

The closed door in Ju Nian's heart suddenly opened, and she finally heard the familiar sound of wandering footsteps outside the door. Although she didn't know if he came to knock on the door, she was willing to share her small world with others. The wonderful, the absurd, and the sad.This is the first time in my life.

(End of this chapter)