Twins

It was a bit tight to support Peng Xiaowei's studies in the bustling city of Beijing.

Now Peng Xiaowei works part-time in Fu Qingsu's incense shop. The work is easy and she earns a lot of money.

Grandma Peng was very grateful to Fu Qingsu for giving Peng Xiaowei such a good opportunity.

Fu Qingsu curled her lips slightly, "That's all the work I have to do in the shop, and I always say that it's much easier for me with her around."

"Grandma, we just got back not long ago. Please let us have a good rest."

Peng Xiaowei placed the tea in front of Fu Qingsu and Gu Siyu.

She was afraid that her grandmother would talk too much and annoy Fu Qingsu.

"Yes, you guys take a good rest first. I'll go find your second uncle and buy him a chicken to stew for you guys to replenish your bodies. You're all too thin."

Grandma Peng disliked the three of them because they were too thin, so she wanted to stew chicken for them to nourish them.

"Grandma, we can just eat whatever we want. You don't have to make these specially for us."

Gu Siyu had tasted all kinds of delicious food, and was afraid of making Grandma Peng spend money, so she quickly asked Grandma Peng not to go.

But Grandma Peng doesn't care about them at all.

I was determined to go, and walked out quickly.

Gu Siyu was a little dumbfounded and wanted Peng Xiaowei to persuade her grandmother, "Xiaowei, go and persuade your grandmother."

But Peng Xiaowei said no, "It's useless. My grandma won't listen to me."

"You don't have to feel burdened. Ever since I went to Yanjing University, every time I came back, my grandma would say I was too thin and stew all kinds of things for me to eat."

Every time Peng Xiaowei said no, no need, but her grandmother just wouldn't listen.

"Your grandma really loves you, her precious granddaughter." Gu Siyu said with emotion, putting her arm around his shoulders.

Peng Xiaowei raised an eyebrow. "What's the matter? Doesn't your grandma love you? If I remember correctly, you were showing off the gift your grandma gave you to us in the group a few days ago."

Gu Siyu's grandmother also loves her.

There is no need to envy her.

Gu Siyu raised the corners of her lips, feeling a little proud and complacent.

"Chinese New Year is just a few days away. In the meantime, I'll take you to the market. There are lots of fun things and delicious food there."

Peng Xiaowei has already thought of the itinerary and wants them to have a great time.

"Okay! Okay!" Gu Siyu's eyes lit up when she heard there was something fun to do.

"If you guys go, I won't go."

Fu Qingsu was not interested in any of this. When Peng Xiaowei and Gu Siyu heard that Fu Qingsu was not going, they instantly became dejected.

"Ah! Miss Fu, if you don't go with us, there will be many fun and interesting things to do at the market."

Peng Xiaowei still hopes that Fu Qingsu can go with her.

Although Peng Xiaowei knew that Fu Qingsu didn't like crowds, and it was a rare thing for Fu Qingsu to agree to come to her house for the New Year.

But Fu Qingsu had no interest in either Peng Xiaowei or Gu Siyu, so Peng Xiaowei and Gu Siyu had to give up.

Because Pingcheng is a third- or fourth-tier city, the night sky has more glittering stars than Fu Qingsu saw in Yanjing City.

Under the starry sky, Fu Qingsu felt as if he was in a thousand years of time and space.

One thousand two hundred years.

A full 1,200 years.

How long will it take for the red spider lily to bloom? Only when it blooms will it be the end.

"Sister Fu."

A voice brought Fu Qingsu back to his senses.

"Xiaodong."

Peng Xiaodong is Peng Xiaowei's younger brother and is thirteen years old.

"Sister Fu, my grandma roasted some sweet potatoes and chestnuts and asked me to invite you to eat them together."

Grandma Peng roasted sweet potatoes for Fu Qingsu and Peng Xiaodong. Fu Qingsu was watching the night scene in the yard, so she asked Peng Xiaodong to come over and call Fu Qingsu in.

"You go eat it! I don't like eating these."

Peng Xiaodong grabbed Fu Qingsu and dragged her forward, saying, "Sister Fu, my grandma's roasted sweet potatoes and chestnuts are especially delicious. You must try them."

Fu Qingsu still wanted to refuse, but then Grandma Peng came out. Seeing Peng Xiaodong pulling Fu Qingsu towards her, she knew what Fu Qingsu was thinking.

He quickly stepped forward and took Fu Qingsu's other hand.

He kept muttering, "You kid, you don't like to join in the fun, and you don't like to eat this or that. How can this work?"

Gu Siyu and Peng Xiaowei go there every day and have a lot of fun, but when it's Fu Qingsu's turn, he dislikes everything.

Grandma Peng thought this was not acceptable.

Fu Qingsu had no choice but to follow the two of them.

If it were Peng Xiaowei, Gu Siyu or anyone else, Fu Qingsuhai could just ignore them or give them a cold face, but others would not dare to do so. However, Grandma Peng and Peng Xiaodong were an enthusiastic old woman and an enthusiastic child, so Fu Qingsuhai really couldn't be tough.

Then he went back to the house and just sat down, Grandma Peng put the hot sweet potato into Fu Qingsu's hand and urged him to eat it quickly. Fu Qingsu ate the sweet potato in small bites.

The roasted sweet potatoes are soft, sweet and fragrant, and the roasted chestnuts are also fragrant and sweet.

"Clang."

"You want to die? Do you want to burn me to death?"

“Bang!”

Several harsh noises came from next door.

Fu Qingsu frowned slightly.

Peng Xiaodong glared at the neighbors angrily, "They must be bullying An An again."

"Oh! This family has already had the incident with Pingping, and they still have the energy to scold Anan." Grandma Peng shook her head helplessly.

"Someone in their family died."

There's a gloomy aura in the yard next door, probably because someone died in the family.

"Pingping died some time ago." Peng Xiaodong lowered his head in disappointment.

"Our neighbor Wang Dawei and his family live next door to us. Pingping and An'an are their twin daughters."

Grandma Peng told Fu Qingsu about the house next door.

But Wang Dawei's family is patriarchal and they are not good to their two daughters. When Pingping and Anan were four or five years old, he started asking them to wash clothes, dishes, and clean the house.

He would beat Pingping and Anan whenever he was not satisfied.

They have been treating Ping Ping An An badly even since their son was born. Ping Ping An An is only eight years old this year, but they let two eight-year-old children take care of a three-year-old child and even don't let them go to school.

Sometimes when Grandma Peng, Peng's father and Peng's mother saw them being beaten, they would persuade Wang Dawei, and sometimes they would even secretly feed Ping Ping An and An with food, because Wang Dawei's family would deliberately starve them and not give them food.

Grandma Peng and the others couldn't bear to watch them, so they stuffed food into their mouths.

Some time ago, Ping Ping'an'an's mother Huang Xiuyu thought Ping Ping had stolen twenty yuan because it was lost at home. However, Ping Ping said that it was not her who stole it. However, Huang Xiuyu did not listen to her explanation at all and insisted that it was her who stole it.

It’s so cold, just kick Wang Pingping out.

Then she warned the neighbors not to meddle in other people's business and not to help Wang Pingping. If anyone dared to help her, Huang Xiuyu and Wang Dawei would go to their house and make trouble, making them uneasy for the whole year.

Everyone in the neighborhood knows the character of Wang Dawei and Huang Xiuyu, and their old man is the most difficult to deal with. He can come to your house every day and make you uneasy.

The Chinese New Year is a time of joy and excitement, and no one wants to spoil the fun. Grandma Peng's family had the same idea, so they could only harden their hearts and ignore Wang Pingping.

I could only close the door and ignore Wang Pingping as she cried loudly.

What Grandma Peng didn't expect was that she heard the news that Wang Pingping was missing the next day.

Everyone asked Wang Dawei and Huang Xiuyu to call the police immediately, but Wang Dawei and Huang Xiuyu thought that one of them had hidden Wang Pingping, so they came to warn them to hand over Wang Pingping immediately, otherwise they would never let them go.

Yesterday, Wang Dawei and Huang Xiuyu warned everyone not to take Wang Pingping in. Who would dare to take her in? They were afraid that Wang Dawei and his men would go to their house and cause trouble during the New Year, ruining their peaceful New Year.

Now they are all angry because they hid Wang Pingping.

I don't even bother to take care of their family's affairs.

Only Grandma Peng was worried, and she asked Dad Peng and □□ to go with her to look for the person, but they didn't find him.

Wang Dawei and Huang Xiuyu realized that no one had really hidden Wang Pingping. So where did Wang Pingping go?

They didn't care whether Wang Pingping was in trouble or not, they only cared that there was one less person to do the work at home. Now there was only Wang Anan. How much work could an eight-year-old girl do? Huang Xiuyu could only do it reluctantly.

Three days later, a police car was parked in front of Wang Dawei's house. Everyone gathered at the door of Wang Dawei's house, listening attentively to what was going on inside. Some people even speculated whether Wang Dawei had broken the law.

Later, after the police left, someone went in to inquire and saw Huang Xiuyu sitting in the corner with her little son in her arms, looking distraught. Wang Dawei and Old Man Wang were both dazed.

Wang Anan kept wiping her eyes and sobbing, not daring to cry loudly.

Later, the village committee came over and asked Wang Dawei and Huang Xiuyu to go to the police station with them.

Only then did everyone know that Wang Pingping was dead.

This news shocked everyone.

Whenever she thought of Wang Pingping, Grandma Peng regretted not letting Wang Pingping into her home. If she had not had such concerns at the time, Wang Pingping would not have died.

"If only I had let Pingping in at that time."

Grandma Peng is still upset.

"Grandma, this is not your fault. If you want to blame someone, blame them for being so cruel. They didn't let Pingping go home, and they didn't allow anyone else to take Pingping in."

Peng Xiaodong knew that ever since Wang Pingping died, Grandma Peng had blamed herself very much and always said that if she had not been so concerned at the time and had let Wang Pingping come home, Wang Pingping would not have died.

"Anyway, I feel really guilty."

Grandma Peng knew that Peng Xiaodong was right, but she just felt that she should have taken Wang Pingping home at that time. Whenever she thought of Wang Pingping, she felt unhappy and guilty.

"Grandma Peng, Xiaodong is right. You don't have to feel guilty about this."

Fu Qingsu understood that this matter had nothing to do with Grandma Peng. What Grandma Peng felt guilty about was that if she had taken the trouble to bring the little girl home, Wang Pingping would not have died.

From the beginning to the end, the people who were most at fault were Wang Dawei and Huang Xiuyu.

If the two of them had not been so cruel as to drive Wang Pingping out in the middle of winter and not allow anyone else to take him in, Wang Pingping would not have died.

It can be said that Wang Dawei and Huang Xiuyu were the ones who killed Wang Pingping.

They are the murderers.

They are the ones who should feel guilty and sad.

"It doesn't really matter who is at fault or not, because Pingping can't go back."

There is no point in saying all this now because there is no way Wang Pingping will survive.