Chapter 68 67

When Xiaohe saw the door of the house, it was like seeing a well when a man dying of thirst saw it.Thinking about the scene outside the city, and thinking about the warmth and safety inside the house, he almost shouted: "I'm back!" The wooden license plate of the village chief's office had a little golden-red light, as if it had just been oiled again.He nodded to the wooden sign.Outside the city, he knelt in front of the grave, allowing others to insult him; here, he is the head of the family, the head of the village, and he can give orders.He was happy, and he gently opened the door.

As soon as he stepped over the threshold, he saw a pile of objects, only five feet away from him.With a hum, he understood: it was not something, but a person; it was not someone else, but his eldest daughter, Gaudí!She folded her arms upside down and nestled against the base of the wall. "What's going on?" He almost missed and dropped the two jars of Ermuri utensils. "what happened?" Gaudí twisted his body, raised his head, squinted his eyes, and made a sound from his nose.There is something gag in her mouth. "Damn! What's going on?" He said while gently putting down the two small pots in his hand.

Gaudí's eyes were about to pop out.She twisted her body again and nodded vigorously. Xiaohe took out the things in his mouth.She took a long breath, then retched several times. "What's going on?" "Untie my rope!" she said angrily. Xiaohe rolled up her cuffs, wanting to show her quickness and agility, but on the contrary, she went over to untie the rope buckle even more slowly.The buckle was fastened tightly, and he was afraid of hurting his nails, so he scratched for a long time, but it didn't work. "Take the knife!" Gaudí was about to cry anxiously.

He has a pocket knife on him.Taking out the knife, he saw the rope slowly. "Hurry up! My wrist is about to fall off!" "Don't be busy! Don't be busy! I'm afraid of hurting your flesh!" He continued to saw the rope.Gao Yi worked hard for him, humming in his nose. After finally cutting the rope, Xiaohe exhaled and wiped the sweat off his brow.He did sweat.He is a person who does not move horizontal grass and does not hold vertical grass, and will sweat with a little effort. Gaudi rubbed his wrists alternately with his left and right hands. His wrists were worn out by the rope, but because of the numbness, he still didn't feel any pain.After rubbing her wrist for a long time, she stood up abruptly.Her legs were also numb, and she sat down again before she could stand upright, hitting her head against the wall. "Help me!"

Xiaohe quickly helped her up and walked slowly into the courtyard. The door to the north room is open.Xiaohe could see inside at a glance: the tables and stools were crooked and upside down; the chinaware fell all over the floor, and the vase and spittoon were lying together; it looked like an earthquake just happened.He let go of Gaudi, jumped, and jumped into the house.His favorite sofa had a gaping mouth, as if it had been cut by a bayonet.His legs could no longer move, and his mouth was open.This is a fortress created by his ten or twenty years of painstaking efforts, and it will actually become a garbage dump.His tears flowed down the whole string.

Gaodi supported the door frame and stretched her legs: "We have been punished!" "What?" Xiaohe asked.With such a sound, his legs will move.He stepped on something on the ground and jumped into the bedroom.On the bed, even his embroidered quilt and duck down pillow were gone.The wooden utensils, like the outer room, were all scattered on the ground. "What's going on?" he screamed wildly.Gao first limped in. "We've been punished!" "Tell me! Tell me what's going on! What is being retribution and not retribution? Why am I being retribution? I haven't done anything that hurts nature!"

"Father!" Gaudi sat on a small stool that had fallen to the ground. "You framed Uncle Qian; you taught good women to become prostitutes according to your mother's temperament, and extorted money from prostitutes; you indulged in recruiting your younger brother, taught her to play with men as you like, and taught men to play with her as you like; Mother's nature bullies Tong Fang; you eat, drink and have fun all day long, make some good friends, and don't ask where the money comes from at all!" "I asked you what's going on, and didn't teach you to teach me!" Xiao He stomped his feet and shouted. "The last thing you should do is treat the Japanese as treasures, curry favor with them, flatter them, as if they didn't kill our people and grab our land!"

"You're going to kill me! Let me ask you, this-is-how-how-thing!" "Yes, I'll tell you right now! The Japanese did it!" "What?" He couldn't believe his ears. "The Japanese did it!" she repeated, more clearly than the first time.He couldn't stop trusting his ears.However, he was still puzzled.His legs seemed to be unable to stand anymore, and he squatted on the ground, holding his face in his hands. "No!" He said in his heart: "It can't be done by the Japanese! From the Japanese point of view, they brought his wife official positions, status, money, and power. They brought honor to his younger brother. From himself On the one hand, he can be said to be benevolent to the Japanese: he sublets the rented house to the Japanese; he greets the Japanese dolls whenever they meet; He will report to the Chinese who hate the Japanese; he will always enthusiastically participate in the parades and gatherings initiated by the Japanese; he will first put the Chinese language invented by the Japanese on his own lips; To Japanese officials, whether he knows it or not, he goes to give gifts..." Thinking of this, he made a voice: "No! It can't be Japanese! I have nothing to do to the Japanese! Gaudi, tell the truth!"" I didn't tell a lie!"

"A Japanese came in..." "Mom went to work after lunch." Gaudí's wrist began to ache, but she endured the pain, trying to persuade her father to understand. "Brother Zhao never came back. I am the only one at home." "Where are the servants?" "They, when mother is at home, they are machines; when mother goes out, they take a holiday of their own! They are afraid of mother, and don't like her!" "You don't seem to love your mother either!" Xiaohe stood up and sat on the bed. "Her behavior, her intentions, make me unable to love her!" Gaudí pulled the stool closer to him.

"Well, let's not talk about whether you love her or not; tell me, what's the matter!" Move things without making a sound." "Moving things?" "Look! Where is mother's box?" Gao Di pointed to the place where the box was usually kept. Xiaohe glanced there, it was empty.Not only the box, but even the jewelry box on the box is gone.His hands trembled. "Everyone in this room, Tong Fang, and the boxes and boxes in the room where I and my younger brother were recruited, all of them should be removed! I was in a hurry, so I went to question them. They tied me up with ropes. I wanted to shout, but they blocked me. I can only stare at them carrying things out. They must have a truck parked at the entrance of the alley. The people who come out to carry things are all Chinese, and the two Japanese probably just pick and choose, not carry. Sometimes , Only myself and the two of them are left in the courtyard! I made up my mind that as long as the two of them dare to come over and forcefully be rude, I will hit my head against the wall! I decided to hit my death, on the one hand to preserve my innocence, On the one hand, it’s also a little atonement for my mother—she killed so many women, her daughter deserves to die! But, they didn’t come to me, or maybe they were too focused on robbing things. It was almost the end of the move, and they found the wine. I started rolling out. I knew they wouldn't let me go after drinking. I rolled to the threshold and there was nothing I could do. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get over the threshold. They finished drinking and started throwing things I could hear the bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang in the houses. They came out and lifted me over the sill to the wall. Kissing, flattering, flattering them, in order to get a little money. Now, we have lost everything, even the clothes and quilts!"

After Xiaohe listened, she didn't make a sound for a long time.After being stunned for a long time, he asked in a low voice: "Gaudi, do you know that those two are real Japanese? How do you know they are not fake?" Gaudi couldn't hold back his anger: "Yes! They are pretending! The Japanese are all your relatives and friends, and they will never come to hurt you!" "Don't be angry! Don't be angry! I don't think they can be so rude with my relationship with the Japanese!" "They must be very polite to you, otherwise how come they invaded your city, took your land, and stole your country?" "Don't be angry! You can't do anything with anger! I have a solution! You first clean up the house anyway, and I'll go find your mother. As long as she sees the important person in Japan, we will be able to get everything back! You clean up, Wait for the servants to come back and teach them to help you." "None of them will come back!" "how?" "After the Japanese left, they came back. They took their own things and some of our things, and they all left again." "It's all bastards!" "Nobody cares about our lives, they're not assholes!" "Stop it! I'm going to find your mother!" Xiaohe hadn't walked out of the house when Zhaodi ran in. "Daddy! Daddy!" she panicked, almost tripping over something on the ground. "What's the matter? What's the matter?" "Mom, Mom taught me to take it!" After Zhaodi finished speaking, he sat down on the ground. "Your mother—" Xiaohe was at a loss for words. "I asked her to ask for some money, just in time, she taught someone to tie her up!" "Tie—" Xiaohe burst into tears. "It's over for us! It's over! What did I do wrong? How can I be punished like this? The family property is over, and if your mother has another good or bad, how will the three of us survive?" All three father and daughter shut their mouths. After being stunned for a long time, Zhaodi stood up and said, "Dad! Go save Mom! Once Mom is done, we're all done. I can't think about it: okay, if I don't have beautiful clothes, I don't have my hair permed once a month." , how can I survive?" Xiaohe's thinking is the same as that of recruiting his younger brother.He knew that without the director's wife, everything would be lost.He must hurry to rescue her.However, he is timid, he is afraid, he is afraid that if he goes out for a run, he will spare himself in it.He is Da Chibao's husband. If Da Chibao really committed a crime, the Japanese may not miss him.He kept rubbing his hands, unable to think of any ideas. "Let's go!" Brother Zhao puffed out his chest and said, "Go! I'll go with you!" "Where are we going?" Xiaohe asked with her head down. "Find the Japanese!" "Which Japanese are you looking for?" Xiaohe's heart hurt like a knife stabbing her.On weekdays, he thought that all Japanese were his friends; today, he realized that he didn't even know a single Japanese! Brother Zhao tilted his head and thought for a while. "Yes! Let's go to No. 1 to see that old woman first! It doesn't matter if it's useful or not, she's Japanese anyway!" Xiaohe's face immediately looked better. "That's right!" He said in his heart, "Anyway, she's Japanese, and any Japanese is better than a Chinese!" "But," he asked Zhaodi, "don't we go with some gifts? Empty hands, what a shame Where are you going?" Gaudy sneered. "What are you laughing at?" Brother Zhao's beautiful eyes were slightly angry. "On weekdays, you don't care about anything! Now, mom is arrested, and you still laugh! You would like mom to die in prison so that we all starve to death, don't you?" Gao Di also stood up. "You only saw your mother, but you didn't see her sins! I can't expect her to die, she is my mother! But I can't say that just because she is my mother, her actions are all right! Us, As far as I think, we must first recognize that mother deserves what she deserves, and then we all have to reform ourselves and make atonement for ourselves and mother! It would be better if mother could come out; if we can’t, we won’t because of her sin Let's starve to death together! I don't have much ability, but I am willing to find a small job to earn a bowl of food for nothing. Dad is not a waste, as long as he doesn't necessarily want to be an official, he will find a small job to do. Work. Earning a living with one’s ability is better than teaching other women to be prostitutes! If we are willing to correct our sins, we may not be able to redeem our sins; if we refuse to correct our sins, we will definitely die.” He said, "I don't know how to do anything anyway! All I want is my mother!" "Recruit brother!" Xiaohe called affectionately. "You're right! It's up to us to do small things and earn a living, that would be ridiculous! Change our satin clothes into coarse cloth, change our wine and food into thick steamed pancakes, and we will still see people Are you gone?" He turned to his elder daughter: "Gaudi, you have always been awkward, and you are still so awkward now when the disaster is approaching! Well, you take care of the house, and I will go out with my younger brother, right?" She wanted to speak, but only sighed. Zhaodi started to put on lipstick and put face powder on his face.After finishing her makeup, she dragged Xiaohe out.As soon as she arrived at the No. 1 gate, Xiao He put her feet together respectfully, and bowed deeply as soon as the door opened.Recruit younger brother to knock on the door. The old woman came to open the door.As soon as she saw the people outside the door, she closed the door again.The Guan family father and daughter were stunned. "It's serious! Serious!" Xiaohe told Zhaodi. "Look, something happened to your mother just now, and the results were immediate, and people ignored us immediately! What, what should we do?" Zhaodi hung up the fire: "Dad, you go home, I will run away! I have friends! I will be able to save my mother!" After finishing speaking, she ran out of the alley. Xiaohe went home alone.His mind was extremely chaotic.He does not reflect, but only the present.In front of me, it happened to be a scene where the pots were facing the sky and the bowls were facing the ground.He refused to start tidying them up, let's not tidy them up, and there is no place to sit or put his feet down.He was so anxious that he wanted to cry. What's more pressing is that it's getting dark, his stomach is gurgling, and no one is cooking for him.He went to the kitchen to see that the fire was out.He sighed.It didn't feel like home anymore, although he was at home!Home, but there is no light on the fire, a sip of boiling water, not to mention fragrant tea, wine and rice. Gaudí was tidying up the house.Her way of doing things is obviously stupid, but she is really willing to do it, and she is happy to do it.At home, she has always been treated coldly by everyone, and she has no right to speak about anything, and cannot intervene to help.Today, she seems to have become the master, she does not need to ask anyone, does not need to look at anyone's eyes, but only depends on her own will and judgment, and she can do whatever she wants.It's not that she doesn't know the bleakness of her family's future, but she also feels that only bleakness and hardship can change everything; if it can get better slowly, then it's worth suffering a little bit first.She also knew that she didn't have much ability. If her mother really left and never looked back, whether she could support herself and her father was quite a problem.However, she decided not to teach that question to be intimidating.She has to work hard, struggle, and struggle; she thinks, as long as she has a role to play, she will definitely not come to a dead end.Her short nose was sweating, and there was a light in her eyes, a light that knew something was wrong and was not afraid.When she heard her father come back, she worked harder.She wants to teach Dad to take a look, she is a calm and capable person. Xiaohe watched her daughter operate, feeling very sad, not because she felt sorry for her daughter, but because his daughter actually cleaned up the house by herself, it was really disrespectful.Sweeping the floor and cleaning the table, he thought, is the job of the servants, and should never have anything to do with the "Miss".He coughed lightly on purpose, hinting to her: can you take a rest?Gaudí did not take his hints.Finally, he said: "Gaudi! What about supper?" Gaudi continued to work, and only replied: "Go and buy some sesame cakes, I will raise the fire and boil some water, deal with it!" Xiaohe can't go out to buy biscuits, that's too embarrassing!He didn't dare to speak out.He began to see real hardship.In front of him is the darkness and the greatest shame - he has to buy sesame seed cakes by himself!He walked out gently, turning back and forth in the yard.It was his own yard, but he had lost his safety and comfort.After walking for a while, he felt cold and hungry.He wanted to go out to buy sesame seed cakes - the stomach doesn't care much about face and shame.Several times, he went to the street door and turned back.No, he would rather suffer a night of hunger than lose his dignity!Well, if he is willing to break his own face to buy sesame seed cakes today, he will probably be willing to be a "shameless person" tomorrow! He went into the house again. "Father, aren't you hungry? Why don't you go buy sesame seed cakes?" Gao Di asked. Xiaohe refused to speak.He felt that Gaudi would never understand him, so there was no need to talk too much.He seemed to be trying to satisfy his hunger with silence.But, no, silence can't replace biscuits!He forgot about the big red bag, forgot about everything else, and only felt that he was in danger of starving to death.He has never been hungry.On weekdays, as long as there is a little emptiness in his stomach, he will fill it up quickly; he thinks it is his genius and blessing to be able to eat more without stomach problems.Now, no news for dinner!He panicked! "Eating" is the main ingredient and the highest attainment in Chinese culture, that is, his.A hungry meal is tantamount to the death of life and culture!He couldn't help but be in a hurry.Isn't he flattering and flattering the Japanese to get good food and drink?Hmph, now all previous efforts have come to naught!He is pessimistic, he feels that one of his feet is already in hell. "Gaudi!" he cried pitifully, "Gaudi!" "What for?" Gaudy asked. "Ah—" He rubbed his chest and said, "It's okay! It's okay!" He took the words back.He refused to say "hungry".That's a shameful word. "Are you hungry? Okay, I'm going to buy sesame seed cakes, and I'll take a pot of boiling water with me to save the fire!" Gaodi patted the dust on his body and was about to go out. "You—" Xiaohe wanted to stop her.His daughter went to buy sesame seed cakes, turned on the water, and went by himself, it was as shameful as him!However, sesame seed cakes are something that can satisfy hunger, and it is inconvenient for him to have trouble with his stomach too much.In a culture where food is the main ingredient, people must have "ideals" and at the same time must take into account reality.Gaudi ran out. Left to himself, he felt forlorn and bleak.He really wanted to hang himself, if it weren't for the possibility of eating sesame seed cakes in five minutes. Gaudi bought some biscuits.Xiaohe ate three with tears in her eyes. finish eating.He immediately remembered the problem of sleeping - no quilt!He didn't dare to ask Gao Di for advice, Gao Di didn't understand him.He couldn't help but ask her for ideas, he couldn't think of a way by himself.His culture makes him wrapped in an embroidered quilt from birth, and everything is prepared for him by others, so he doesn't need to worry about it.When he grows up, his only talent is how to enslave others, use others, and provide him with the things made by others with blood and sweat. "Father! Put on my mattress and coat, and go to bed first! I'm waiting to recruit my younger brother!" Gao Di took his mattress. Xiaohe lay on the bed.He thought he must not be able to sleep.After a while, however, he began to snore.