Chapter 31

Because Ling Li had been thinking about Xiang Cao all the time, two days later, before going to Lin Ji's restaurant, Su Jingyang and Ling Li inquired about where Xiang Cao lived and wanted to visit him.

The place where Xiang Cao lived was very far away, Su Jingyang and the others saw a chubby old lady sitting in front of the dilapidated house with her legs crossed and pulling her teeth with her hands, while Xiang Cao, who was supposed to be resting in bed, was beside her. Muffled laundry. A little girl who was wearing dirty and thin clothes, with a yellow face and thin skin, about four or five years old, limped around the Xiang Grass, as if she wanted to help with the water, but accidentally knocked over the basin and splashed all the water on her body.

The little girl was covered in water. She was stunned and didn't move. She didn't know how to anger the old lady. She suddenly got up and rushed over with a fierce look on her face. She grabbed the little girl's hair with one hand and pumped it hard with the other. Her head was scolded with saliva, the little girl screamed and cried, Xiangcao hurriedly stood up to protect her, and then the old lady beat Xiangcao together. She protects her daughter and doesn't hide.

The person next door poked his head and glanced around, as if he had become accustomed to it.

Ling Li covered Ah Xuan's eyes early, his face was not very good-looking, and Su Jingyang was so angry that black smoke rose from his head! Xiang Cao just had a miscarriage and let him go to the ground to work, not to mention that he beat him so fiercely! Su Jingyang There were some impulses to go forward to stop it, but out of nowhere, two and a half-year-old boys dragged away the old lady who was still an adult, shouting where to buy rabbit meat to eat, the old lady said After scolding for a few words, he poked his finger at Cao Cao's temple, leaving a sentence of "work honestly", and then he slowed down and followed the grandson.

Su Jingyang and Lingli hurriedly came over to help up Xiang Cao and the little girl who had fallen on the ground. Xiang Cao's thin arms embraced her crying daughter, and then looked up at Su Jingyang and Lingli. , and then there was some surprise in his eyes.

Su Jingyang looked at his bloodless face and the crying child in his arms. He didn't know what it was like. Originally, he came to visit with Lingli to prepare some supplements, but after thinking about it, it would be fine. If he brought it, it might not fall on Xiangcao's head, so he brought his daughter the clothes that Lingli had prepared before.

Xiang Cao felt her daughter trembling in her arms, hesitated before accepting it, said thank you in a low voice, and took a dry clothes from inside to wrap the child.

Ah Xuan, who had been holding Ling Li's arm, suddenly ran over, put a candy in the little girl's hand, looked at her with clear eyes and said softly, "I'll eat it for you, it's very sweet."

The little girl looked at her palm with tears in her eyes, the sound of crying gradually stopped, and when she choked, the tears smeared her already dirty face into a mess. She said thank you to Ah Xuan in a low voice, but she didn't eat it. Instead, she fed the candy to Xiangcao's mouth, shook her head to hide, and fed the candy to her mouth. Treasure and hold it carefully.

Su Jingyang was about to give Xiang Cao some money, but Xiang Cao suddenly became tense all over. He gently pushed Su Jingyang's hand back with his backhand, shook his head vigorously, and kept saying in a low voice, "Let's go, let's go."

Su Jingyang realized that something was wrong, and when he looked back, he realized that it was the old lady and the two grandsons who had come back noisily, as if she was carrying a piece of rabbit meat on a straw rope. Xiang Cao let go of the child, then squatted down quickly, put his cracked hands into the laundry tub, and continued to wash the clothes.

Su Jingyang was upset for several days because of this incident, and there was still a strong sense of powerlessness in his heart. Su Jingyang wanted to persuade Xiangcao to find a way to break away from the family. Xiangcao would definitely be able to support himself and his daughter. However, recalling the submissiveness exuding from Xiangcao's bones, Su Jingyang was worried that he would intervene to break the status quo. have a finger in the pie.

A male colleague from a different department in the same company as Su Jingyang used to meet a woman who was raped on the street. The male colleague rushed up to help and beat the man, but the woman was very excited and in turn called the police. , said that he beat her husband, and finally chased after him and lost hundreds of dollars in medical expenses before he was willing to give up!

Su Jingyang listened to the whole person and fucked. There are people in this world who are like that and God knows what's going on in their minds!

Su Jingyang didn't think that Xiang Cao would slap him like that woman, but Xiang Cao was a child bride and grew up in the environment of Xiang's family since he was a child. Following their family name, all the influences of Xiang's family on him were deeply rooted and difficult to remove. He didn't even think about resisting. Su Jingyang was sure that if he ran to tell Xiang Cao to cut ties with the Xiang family at this time and become self-reliant, Xiang Cao would definitely show a shocked expression and think he was a lunatic.

In fact, this was indeed the case. Su Jingyang couldn't bear it anymore and went to find him quietly. In his words, he tried to test if he had ever thought of living independently by himself. Su Jingyang hurriedly pulled him and said, "You can think about it. After you leave with your daughter, you can come to work in my restaurant. If nothing else, food and clothing can be guaranteed. Have you never thought about getting rid of this kind of life?"

Xiang Cao looked at him, his expression full of unknown confusion and fear, and finally he nodded slightly to Su Jingyang, turned and left without saying a word.

Su Jingyang looked at Xiang Cao's weak and thin back, frowned and sighed secretly. He is not a savior of the world, he can't even save himself, but he really can't see that he wants to pull people, and he has no way to force others to choose.

Su Jingyang was unhappy for a few days because of Xiangcao's incident, and only after regaining his senses did he realize that the gangsters didn't show up during this time. Even so, Rong Ci still came over for dinner every day, and then waited for them to go home together. The wind was raging that day, and before Rong resigned, Su Jingyang and Lingli went home from work and took a shower after dinner. Su Jingyang went to Lingli bed with his pillow in his arms. The three of them had nothing to do, so they all went to bed early. .

I don't know what time it is. Su Jingyang was sleeping soundly with Ah Xuan in his arms. In the courtyard where the cold wind was whistling, there was a sudden loud bang!

Su Jingyang was shocked and suddenly opened his eyes. Ling Li and A Xuan also woke up. There was a rustling noise on the bed, and the three of them sat up in unison.

A Xuan asked sleepily, grabbing Su Jingyang's sleeve: "Uncle, uncle, what's the sound?"

Lingli was about to go out to see the lamp, so Su Jingyang put on a padded jacket, pushed him back to the bed, and asked him to accompany the child. The candle in his hand went out before he went out. In the end, Lingli brought Su Jingyang's newly bought rabbit lantern to light it, and insisted on going out with Su Jingyang to see it. Ah Xuan can understand some words now, let him stay still on the bed, and he will not fall off, so Ling Li wants to be with him, and Su Jingyang agrees.

The two of them were leaning against each other, clinging to the crack of the door for a while to make sure there was no change outside, and then they opened the door and went out. And soon they found out what was causing the noise just now.

——The wall that just connected to Ah Yi’s house was blown away by the wind, collapsed, and collapsed!!!

In the cold wind, Su Jingyang's nose was frozen red, he wrapped his clothes tightly, raised the lantern, and looked at the wall that was almost half down. Is it made of tofu? How come it collapsed like this when the wind blows?!" With a step, he could go directly to Ah Yi's house!

Ling Li was stunned for a while before he said vaguely: "Maybe, it may be due to disrepair, and the wind is very strong tonight, so..."

Su Jingyang can't handle this for the time being, just check the source of the loud noise. He was so cold that he couldn't stand it, so he quickly dragged Lingli into the room, turned off the light, got under the quilt, muttered a few more words, and fell asleep. Ling Li tossed around for a while before closing his eyes quietly.

The wind stopped the next day, Su Jingyang washed his face in the yard, turned his head and found Rong Ci looking at the collapsed wall. He was dressed in black clothes with narrow sleeves.

Seeing this, Su Jingyang wiped his hands and ran over to tell him when to ask someone to repair it, but Rongci folded his arms and glanced at him, he said solemnly: "What is there to repair, it's not convenient for you to steal every day. look at me?"

Su Jingyang said: "I'm not interested in you." Then he assured him that he would definitely find someone to make up for it in the short term.

Rong Ci gritted his teeth, and the corners of his slightly raised eyes were indescribably cold. He stared at him and said slowly, "This wall has already collapsed in half, and it is very expensive to repair."

Su Jingyang patted his chest, "I'm not short of money, don't worry!"

"Jingyang." Lingli stood at the door of the kitchen at some point, and said to this side: "Forget it, Ayi is right, repairing is another expense, why don't you clean it up together and keep it for now? look like."

Before Su Jingyang spoke, Lingli asked, "Ayi, do you have any comments?"

Rong Ci hummed, "As you go."

Su Jingyang asked, "Yo? Aren't you afraid that I would suddenly run over to peek at you?"

Rong Ci said, "Goug out your eyes."

They cleaned up the walls together, and then the two families were connected to each other. The happiest one should be Ah Xuan, who ran to the next door to play, and then ran back again. Sometimes Su Jingyang doesn't have to climb the ladder when he has something to do with Rongci, or knock on the door, so it's convenient to ask him to come over for dinner. Even if there is any movement next door, you can hear it clearly.

When Rong Hua came, he was full of praise for the wind that day in front of Rong Ci.

"Good wind, good wind! Why did you just pick such a wall! It's really the world's first wonderful, first understanding wind!"

He ran over and asked Su Jingyang, "Have those people troubled you yet? No, I'll go beat them to the point where Ayi and I are crying, and I don't even dare to measure them!"

Only then did Su Jingyang know that there was still such a thing, so in the morning, he specially made egg cakes and porridge and brought it over to thank Rongci, but Rongci lay on the reclining chair and raised his voice, letting him put it on the table in a light tone, revealing all over his body. A feeling of indifference.

A few days later, Xiang Cao began to appear again at the Lin Ji Xiaoguan to collect swill, as always silent. Su Jingyang met him in the back kitchen once, and his body froze immediately, looking at Su Jingyang as if he was hesitant to say anything. Su Jingyang felt his struggle, his heart moved, and he wanted to go to communicate with him, but he turned his head and left in a panic.

Su Jingyang was slightly relieved, if he struggled, it meant that there was still help. After Su Jingyang returned home, he told Lingli about his thoughts on this matter. Lingli also forgot to choose the dish in his hand. It's always different from what everyone else thinks, but it's good, really good."

Ordinary people don't care about such things. Besides, Xiangcao is a child bride. In the eyes of outsiders, if you raise him, you should be a cow and a horse. Even if he died of exhaustion or was beaten to death in the end, it was his life, and no one would pity or sympathize with him.

However, Su Jingyang felt that this was wrong. It needed to be resisted and rescued.

Ling Li looked at his face without blinking, and there was an unspeakable sadness and emotion in his heart.

Su Jingyang lowered his head and grabbed the vegetable leaves, sighing, "I can't do much, the most important thing is to look at himself." Su Jingyang was actually a little guilty of being praised by Lingli, because his special ideas came in this time and space Said, it may not be understood, or even said to be full, but at least Lingli understood, Su Jingyang finally felt a little more comfortable, and he felt that it was right to insist on himself.

Lingli pushed him up and said softly, "Go play with Ah Xuan, I'll do it in the kitchen."

Su Jingyang replied okay, stood up and walked out of the kitchen door, but at a glance, he saw Rong Ci standing at the door of the house under the light of the lights, his dark eyes were looking here, and he didn't know how long it had been. Su Jingyang paused, ran to the dividing line between the two families, and yelled at him, "You eavesdrop on me!"

Rong Ci said: "You are so loud, you still use me to eavesdrop?"

Su Jingyang turned around to leave, and Rong Ci spoke slowly behind him: "If necessary, I can help arrange an identity in Rongcheng to avoid entanglement with his family."

It took a long while for Su Jingyang to realize that he was talking about Xiangcao, so he turned his head quickly, "Really?" The city has to undergo a rigorous inspection, and Xiang's family will definitely not have the ability to chase them there.

Su Jingyang was truly grateful to him, his eyes were bright, and he gave him a deep bow, "Although it will depend on his own choice, I will thank Shaoxia Ayi here first! Thank you very much!"

Rong Ci shook his head and chuckled, and said, "Silly."

Su Jingyang was guarding in the back kitchen the next day, caught Xiang Cao and asked him about his intentions, but Xiang Cao clenched his frostbite hand tightly, looked down at the ground, and stammered for a long time before speaking. He has to think again. Su Jingyang knew that he was used to being oppressed, but it was difficult for him to have courage, so he told him that he could be arranged to enter Rongcheng.

Xiang Cao left with a heavy heart.

Su Jingyang had been waiting for his news, but he didn't expect... Xiangcao didn't wait for the news, but heard about Xiangcao's lame daughter from Liang Lu.

That day, Mrs. Xiang rarely boiled boiling water at home once, and then put the cauldron full of boiling water on the ground. The daughter of Xiangcao didn't know how to do it, but she just fell into it! The old lady should be by her side. saw it, but didn't try to save it. was probably afraid that if rescued it, would have to use money to treat the injury, which would be a waste of money.

Then, Xiangcao's daughter was burnt to death so alive!!! It is said that when the child was picked up, it was already terrible.

Someone said that this old lady may have done it on purpose, because the little girl didn't sell it, she felt very unlucky and wanted to throw it away. As a result, Xiangcao, who had always been silent, fought desperately to keep her daughter. But the old lady felt that there was one more money-losing item in the family, and she was always dissatisfied, and this happened.

Su Jingyang sat there stiffly after hearing this, feeling that every nerve in his body was shaking violently, Ling Li hugged Ah Xuan even more, his eyes were red and he couldn't speak.

Just a little bit, just a little bit, Xiang Cao nodded in agreement, he and his daughter will be sent away, and this kind of thing will not happen again.

However, just a little bit.

Thinking of the tragic experience of that little girl, Su Jingyang felt colic in his heart at night, so uncomfortable that he couldn't sleep. He got up in the middle of the night and sat at the gate in a daze, wanting to cool off and calm down. Ling Li ran out to accompany him quietly, his eyes were always red. Red.

Ling Li suddenly noticed something, turned his head, and found that Rong Ci also came out, but silently set his eyes on Su Jingyang without saying a word. Su Jingyang was stunned, and he didn't find him until the end.

When it was almost dawn, Su Jingyang fell asleep leaning on Ling Li's shoulder, Rong Ci walked over, Ling Li kept his eyes closed, and carefully supported Su Jingyang into Rong Ci's arms, Rong Ci was about to hug Su Jingyang. Get up and carry him into the house.

When Su Jingyang and Lingli heard the news, things had already happened for several days. They went to Xiangcao's house early the next morning to see him. Xiangcao's two sons were still running wild, and Xiangcao's mother-in-law He was still sitting at the door picking his teeth with his hands, and after picking them, he flicked them in the air, quite leisurely. There is also a bloated man walking in and out, it should be Xiang Cao's husband. There was not a trace of sadness on their faces.

Su Jingyang suppressed the urge to kill people in his heart, and followed Ling Li to look for a circle, but he couldn't see Xiangcao's person, and in the end he could only return without success.

What they didn't expect was that Xiang Cao came over at the busiest time of noon in the restaurant. Although he didn't push the swill bucket, he still came in through the back door habitually. When Su Jingyang saw him, he didn't dare to breathe hard, but Xiangcao looked very calm, and even rubbed the corners of his clothes a little crampedly, he hesitated for a while before saying to Su Jingyang, "Boss Su, I, I can do it. Go to the lobby and have dinner?"

Su Jingyang didn't have time to think about the information revealed in his sentence, so he agreed quickly and greeted him, "Is there anything you can't do, I'll treat you to eat, what do you like to eat?"

Xiang Cao shook his head and said with a bit of stubbornness: "No need, I brought the money, thank you."

When Su Jingyang went to the lobby, he found that the seats were all full. It happened that Rong Ci had occupied a table by himself, and before the food was served, Su Jingyang hurried over to discuss with him, Xiang Cao had a panicked face, and waved his hand quickly, "No need, no need."

Rong Ci's attitude was very gentle, he stood up and said to him, "It's okay, please."

Rong Ci was probably afraid that he would be inconvenienced, so he didn't put together the table, but just walked away. Seeing Xiangcao was still hesitant, Su Jingyang waved his hand and blurted out: "It's okay, it's okay, he's a family member, don't worry about him, come here often. , very casual."

Rong Ci picked up the corner of his mouth and went to the kitchen.

Xiang Cao sat down very cautiously, as if he ordered a few dishes after careful consideration, and finally whispered to Su Jingyang: "I, I also want to order a braised rabbit meat, Xiao Shui has always wanted to eat it before. But... I didn't get it. I want to pack it and go see the kids later."

Xiao Shui should be the name of Xiangcao's daughter. Su Jingyang recalled the rabbit meat that Xiang's old lady brought home with her grandchildren that day.

In fact, there were no rabbits in the kitchen, but Su Jingyang agreed, and asked the young man in the store to go out and buy it back in Lingli to make it.

Su Jingyang was about to go to the kitchen to help, but Xiangcao stopped him in a soft voice, lowered his head, his body was trembling, but Su Jingyang seemed to feel the shock from the depths of his soul, "I'm sorry, Boss Su, it's my fault. I'm really sorry for your kindness."

Xiangcao insisted to pay after eating, Su Jingyang and Lingli also insisted not to accept it, but Xiangcao said, "I... also want to spend money for myself."

Su Jingyang didn't know what to say for a while, but he still took the money. Su Jingyang packed the rabbit meat for Xiang Cao in a bowl and took it out in a food box. Xiang Cao was stunned for a moment, and finally said that it would be done if it was replaced with a paper package, Su Jingyang said it was okay. Xiang Cao said that there was too much work at home, and the plates and food boxes might not have time to send them back. He was very stubborn, and Su Jingyang had no choice but to replace him with an oiled paper bag and kept saying thank you to Cao.

Xiang Cao went out from the gate of Lin Ji Xiaoguan this time, and Su Jingyang sent him out, hesitating for a moment before saying, "If you want to leave, we can still help you."

Xiang Cao shook his head, hugged the warm rabbit meat tightly in his arms, and smiled at Su Jingyang with tears in his eyes, "Forget it... this is my life."

Xiang Cao finally bowed to Su Jingyang before striding away, and this turning back seemed to be decisive. Su Jingyang was stunned when he saw his disappearing back.

He saw that his progress bar started to grow wildly, and finally reached 4.7%!!!

Su Jingyang was completely shocked. He began to recall what the system said, unless it was to untie the knot, unless it was to fulfill the biggest wish in this life... By the way, the biggest wish.

Me, can I go to the lobby and have dinner at the table?

I would also like to order a braised rabbit meat.

I... also want to spend some money for myself.

Su Jingyang squatted down abruptly, wiped his face ruthlessly, and felt a violent churning in his heart, so uncomfortable that his eyes could not be restrained from being wet. What the hell is this!

Su Jingyang waited for his emotions to calm down a bit, then went home and tossed and turned on the bed all night before he vaguely figured out what was wrong, but it was too late.

The next day, an extremely brutal murder caused an uproar in the town, but it spread throughout the morning. Xiang Cao, the child bride of Xiang's family, had put a mild drug in the family's meals the night before. When they were still awake, they were all hacked to death! According to the person who found, Xiang The blood of the family had flowed outside, and it turned red, which was very scary! Xiangcao didn't run away, but after washing his hands and changing into clean clothes, he sat there calmly and waited for the officials to catch him.

"I heard that the old lady Xiang and Xiang Dazu were slashed more than 40 times! They are no longer human!"

"Tsk tsk tsk! I can't tell, that Xiang Cao, who usually keeps silent, is so cruel!"

"No, who would have thought that Xiang Jia has raised him for so many years, an ungrateful white-eyed wolf!"

"I heard that Xiang Jia treats him badly. He never lets him on the table for dinner, and Xiang Da beats him when he is drunk."

"Can you kill someone if it's not good?? Whose life is not like this. Even killing his own children shows that he is indeed vicious."

"But I heard that the two children were killed with one knife, and they still think of flesh and blood..."

Su Jingyang was standing in the crowd of people who were huddling close to each other, and there was a lot of talk in his ears.

Xiang Cao was a felon because he killed four people and the method of committing the crime was cruel. He was dragged along the street to show the public. The people in the town have long heard the wind and ran out to watch the excitement, but the streets were crowded with people for a long time.

Su Jingyang stood in the crowd for an unknown amount of time, and the prison car that was being escorted by the officers and soldiers finally arrived. Xiang Cao was in the prison car, with his eyes closed and silent as usual. His calm and quiet expression made it impossible to see that his hands were covered blood.

The chatter in the crowd grew louder, but no one threw anything at the prison cart, and Xiang Cao's face was still clean.

Su Jingyang looked at him with a pale face, but Xiang Cao seemed to sense something, turned his eyes slightly, and crossed the heavy crowd just right to meet his line of sight.

Xiang Cao's calm face seemed to loosen for a moment, and then the corners of his mouth curved slightly, showing a very brief smile at Su Jingyang, his mouth moved, and he seemed to say thank you silently.

Su Jingyang felt his heart twitch hard, and shook his head, the prison car had already come to the front.

After the crowd dispersed, Su Jingyang started to walk back slowly, but stopped after two steps, raised his hand to cover his eyes, full of sadness and remorse, why wasn't he stronger and forced him to take his daughter away What? If you leave, these irreversible things will not happen.

It's a pity that one step is late, one step is late.

Xiangcao, Xiangcao, in the future, you will finally no longer have to be trampled on like grass.