11 Chapter 11

◎The stench is overwhelming◎

Chapter 11

Mei Zi didn't delay after she finished speaking and went straight to a convenience store in the distance, hoping to find someone to help.

It's not that no one noticed the noise from the two of them, but they were far away, so although others heard the noise, they didn't understand why. Seeing that the mother and daughter looked angry, it was obvious that they had just had a fight, and they thought they were quarreling again.

But now Mei Zi's appearance, coupled with the sudden disappearance of the girl, also made them realize that something was really wrong here.

"Oh my god, when did this manhole cover come up?"

An old man who looked old but very strong came over and looked down at where Mei Zi had just stood. Seeing the upturned manhole cover and the dirty-looking girl in the well, the old man made a quick decision.

Yelled at Mei Zi who was going to the convenience store to find help.

"My house is next door. They borrow the ladders from the convenience store to get to my house!"

What he didn't say was that the convenience storefront was his, he just rented it out to someone else to open a convenience store.

Whenever they need any maintenance tools, as long as they are not asking the old man for help, as long as he has them, they will come up and borrow them. The old man never says anything. If some tools are broken, the old man will even send them to him for repair himself, and replace them with new ones if they cannot be repaired.

It can be said that the old man is the best landlord in this area, and he has the most tools at home, except for the masons and bricklayers who go to the construction site.

"Ah? Okay, sir, can you show me the way?"

Mei Zi had just run a short distance when she heard the old man's words and quickly stopped.

"Oh, you have no sense at all. Xiao Zhang, go to my house and help me get it."

Seeing that she was still a little dazed, as if trying to figure out the direction he had just pointed, the old man shook his head and shouted at the clerk who popped out of the convenience store to see what was going on.

"Oh, okay."

After hearing what he said, the man did not refuse and went out directly without even closing the door.

"Those of you who are still in the store, remember to pay for your purchases!"

Those who can come to this convenience store to buy things are basically residents nearby. They come here just for convenience. Although they don’t talk much on weekdays, the old man still knows very well where they live.

The old men and women who rent out their houses here all have some friendship with him, so they will listen to what he says.

After all, this old man has sharp eyesight. If they really don't pay today, the convenience store owner will talk to him and he will come to their door to ask for the money himself.

"Alright, sir, you're just going to stand there and watch? Do you want us to help you?"

A young man who came out of the store carrying bread and milk asked this question.

"Go ahead and do your thing. I'll watch from here. When the ladder comes, let the little girl climb up by herself."

The old man turned his head and looked at him. He knew from the look of work on his face that even if he wanted to help, the current situation was not a reason for him to waste his time and risk having his salary deducted by staying.

After all, this little girl's life is not in danger, she just needs to wait for some time.

"Well, I'm leaving now. Uncle, please slow down and don't go down by yourself."

After the young man finished speaking, he saw the old man waving his hands impatiently, so he said no more. He left in a hurry with a piece of bread in his mouth.

In just two minutes, the convenience store clerk appeared at the entrance of the alley with a ladder and rushed straight towards them.

It was only after the clerk swiftly lowered the ladder into the well that Mei Zi realized how long the ladder was. Even after it was lowered into the well, it still had more than ten steps sticking out from the outside.

"Okay, hold on to the upper ladder. The well is full of mud, and the ladder is a little unstable."

The old man watched the ladder being lowered, reached out and pulled it, and seeing that the ladder was a little shaky, he turned around to make room for Mei Zi and let her hold on to it herself.

After all, she grew up in the countryside and often worked in the fields over the years, so Mei Zi had enough strength and experience. When she saw the old man making room for her, Mei Zi went right ahead.

While they were waiting for Tang Tang to climb out of the well, many people had gathered around them and realized there was no danger, so they could watch the fun without worry.

Among them was a woman holding a child. She was tall and had an outstanding temperament. Although she was still a little plump, her strong aura was vaguely revealed between her eyebrows.

The old man just breathed a sigh of relief, but when he saw a group of people around him, he waved his hand and asked them to move away.

A little girl fell into a sewer well and now her whole body looks like a dog that has rolled in a mud puddle. It looks so dirty. The little girl still needs to have some dignity.

But as soon as he turned around and saw his daughter, he remembered nothing.

"Hey, my grandson is here. Come, let grandpa hold him. Mom's health is not well yet. Grandpa holds our grandson~"

As soon as he opened his arms, the child who was originally nestled in his mother's arms eating candy rushed towards him. It seemed that this was a way of getting along that they were already accustomed to.

"My dear, how come you have time to come out? Didn't you say you were busy with an online meeting?"

"The little brat was making a fuss. He just started playing and asked me to bring him out to find you."

The woman didn't say much and just explained why she came out.

He turned his attention to the front and asked, "What happened? I haven't heard that the sewer here is under repair. How could someone fall in?"

"Well, we don't know yet. Wait, if the mother and daughter want to find someone later, they can go to our house and check the surveillance. We have surveillance cameras around here anyway."

The grandfather held his grandson's hand and shook it towards his daughter, indicating that it was not a problem.

Their family received a lot of compensation and resettlement housing due to demolition in the early years. Later, maybe their luck turned, and the house he bought in a first-tier city was also demolished, and he also received houses and resettlement housing.

His original hobby of hoarding houses led him to own properties scattered all over the place. In order to avoid moving to different cities every once in a while, he simply asked his daughter to install surveillance cameras around those houses.

It not only ensures the safety of the tenant, but also allows him to understand the situation of the house at any time.

The reason we are staying in this small town now is because my daughter's health is not well enough and it is not suitable for her to move to another place to settle down and adapt to the environment again.

Under the gazes of everyone, Tang Tang climbed out of the well in a dishevel. Just as he was about to talk to his mother, his eyes swept over the crowd around him and he was instantly speechless. Especially when he realized that he was standing in the crowd, his face was a little cold, and there was a more strong, feminine look between his brows than when he was in school.

"Senior...Senior, why are you here?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Tang Tang wanted to dig a hole and bury herself in it. It happened that she was covered in mud now, so there was no need to fertilize her. She could just wait for the spring of next year to grow a thicker skin and come out again.

Hearing her words, the woman withdrew her gaze from her old father and child and turned her attention to her.

"You are? Sorry, I don't think I know you."

The woman hesitated for a moment, as if she was recalling something, but after thinking for a few seconds and making sure that she had never seen the girl in front of her, she told the truth.

"Hmm, hmm, you really don't know me..."

When Tang Tang said this, his voice gradually lowered, and he was too embarrassed to look at the woman again.

Of course she would feel embarrassed and awkward.

After all, she had just yelled at that man a few days ago. There was nothing useful about him. He was just a man who made his fortune by relying on his wife. If she didn't want to have children, she would marry him and steal someone else's child. She might as well marry his ex-wife directly.

And now, when she was in such a mess today, she bumped into someone's ex-wife, and this sister was a very outstanding senior whom she liked very much when she was in school.

"Thank you for the ladder..."

She was embarrassed to keep her eyes on others, so Mei Zi next to her poked her with a stick, and she hurriedly thanked the old man standing next to her.

After all, if the old man hadn't been so kind as to help and ordered a ladder to be brought to her, she would probably still be at the bottom of the well surrounded by the stench.

After Tang Tang expressed his gratitude, he turned around and wanted to ask his mother if he wanted to buy something for the old man as a thank you gift.

But as soon as she turned around, she saw her mother covering her nose, standing three meters away from her, with a look of disgust on her face.

Looking at her like this, she is worthy of being her biological mother. Her disdain is so blatant. She turns her head to look at the baby in the old man's arms, whose mouth has become pouty and face wrinkled like a little bun because she got close to him, and the two adults whose expressions remain unchanged.

…

Well, she no longer has a clear understanding of herself.

She had been smelling bad down there for a while, and now when she came up she felt the air was fresher, without realizing that she was now a walking source of odor.

Maybe her mother poked her not to ask her to thank her, but to get her to stay away from them...

"Okay, thank you, uncle. I'll take my daughter home to wash her first, and then I'll visit your house to thank you someday. She's so dirty now, I don't even want her anymore."

Seeing that her daughter had reacted, Mei Zi hurriedly poked her daughter's hand with a stick, motioning her to hold it. Mei Zi then pulled her daughter towards Daxi Village.

Mei Zi was smiling all the way, and from time to time she turned around to look at Tang Tang, who was as dirty as a dirty cat.

"Hey, who's mud monkey is this? Did it fall into the toilet?"

Walking and mocking has great emotional value, but for Tang Tang, this emotional value is negative.

Being ridiculed all the way to the entrance of Daxi Village, Tangtang's expression suddenly changed to one of despair and he wanted to rush home.

"Hey, hey, hey! Don't even think about running away. Let's go see godmother. I've been busy arranging blind dates for you lately, and I haven't been to see godmother specifically for several days."

Mei Zi said this and directly held the stick across in front of Tang Tang, as if she was going to use it to stop her.

"Mom, didn't you say you would take me home first? Didn't you say I could still have it after I washed it?"

Tang Tang turned around with a look of resentment on his face.

"That's because you haven't fallen into the pit in all these years. Come on, let our godmother take a look."

Mei Zi covered her mouth with her hands, her eyes full of smiles. She poked Tang Tang and motioned her to go ahead.

Under the threat of the stick, Tang Tang had no choice but to walk towards the locust tree at the entrance of the village.

But before the two of them could get close, several people who were sitting under the tree, busy with needlework and chatting, saw them.

"Hey? Meizi, didn't you take your daughter on a blind date? Why are you back so early? Hey, is this Tangtang? Why do you smell so bad?"

Seeing the two people walking over, the aunt under the tree saw them first and asked.

But when the two of them got closer, they smelled the stench coming from Tang Tang.

Looking at the elders who were hiding behind their heads with their noses covered, Tang Tang turned around and looked at his mother who was also covering her nose to block out the smell, and suddenly he realized something.

It seems that her mother asked her to come here, and showing her current appearance to her godmother was secondary. Her real purpose was to come here specifically to offend people!

【Author’s words】

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