Chapter 66 I Really Seem to Have Forgotten Something
Forgot something?
Gu Xiaoxi was exhausted, and it seemed like he had forgotten something?
"Sister, after the little beggar got up, he sat in the corner, refusing to eat or drink, shivering all over. He was wearing my torn cotton jacket, and he didn't respond or come out even when I called him." Gu Nanming pointed to the house.
Oops!
He forgot such an important thing. The child is still injured.
Gu Xiaoxi turned around and rushed into the house, and saw a small ball huddled in the corner, motionless.
She walked forward, took away the torn cotton coat, and looked at her third brother.
The third brother lit the kerosene lamp, and in the dim light, she finally saw the little beggar's face clearly.
"Mom, wuwu... don't leave me!" The little beggar pounced on Gu Xiaoxi when he saw her.
Gu Xiaoxi was stunned for a moment, thinking of the time when the little beggar at the market also called her mother.
Maybe she looked very much like the little beggar's mother, so the little beggar mistook her for his mother.
She touched the little beggar's head and said gently, "Tell me, what is your name?"
"Name?" the little beggar murmured, and then fell silent, as if he was thinking about something?
Gu Xiaoxi saw that he seemed to be trying hard to remember, but it seemed that he couldn't remember at all.
"If you can't remember, don't think about it. Come, eat first. After eating, mom will clean your wound for you, okay?" She felt a little distressed when she saw the wound on his face.
Uh-huh!
The little beggar nodded obediently.
Gu Xiaoxi helped the little beggar stand up. His legs were a little lame, as if he was injured, and he walked with a limp.
Gu Nanming felt uncomfortable watching this and went forward to hug the person. The little beggar hid behind Gu Xiaoxi in fear.
"Don't be afraid, this is your third uncle." Gu Xiaoxi introduced gently.
After hearing what Gu Xiaoxi said, the little beggar walked out from behind her.
"That's great to have a new nephew!" After saying that, Gu Nanming walked to the little beggar and squatted down.
The little beggar looked at Gu Xiaoxi, and Gu Xiaoxi nodded, then he climbed onto Gu Nanming's back.
Gu Nanming carried the little beggar on his back and found that he was really light. He must have suffered a lot outside.
In the yard, Gu Dongming and his wife were peeling thorny balls with their children, while Chai, Gu He, and Gu An were busy in the kitchen.
Before, Chai had not seen the child's appearance clearly. Now that she got off the third child and took a closer look, she was shocked.
"This child, what happened to him?" She felt a little scared when she saw the scar on the little beggar's face.
Gu He said with a look of distress: "Who would hurt the child like this? It's a sin!"
Seeing so many people, the little beggar hid behind Gu Xiaoxi in fear and whispered, "Mom, I, I am scared!"
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. That's grandpa, grandma, and little grandpa." Gu Xiaoxi comforted them while introducing the people in the room.
When Chai heard the child calling her daughter like this, she thought her daughter had made the decision on the matter.
"Xiaoxi, please show him his face later. The injuries are too severe." She felt uncomfortable just looking at it.
"Okay!" Gu Xiaoxi nodded.
Gu Nanming brought the hot food on the stove over and handed it to the little beggar.
The little beggar took the food and started eating it greedily.
"Eat slowly, eat slowly. If it's not enough, grandma will make you more." Chai was frightened by the way the little beggar ate. She was really afraid that he would choke.
Cough cough cough!
As expected, I choked even though I ate too fast.
Gu Xiaoxi patted the little beggar's back, and Gu An hurriedly brought him a glass of water. After the little beggar drank the water, he finally stopped coughing.
"Eat slowly, don't be afraid, it's safe here." Gu Xiaoxi comforted the little beggar.
The little beggar nodded and slowed down his eating.
After dinner, Gu Xiaoxi found some medicine to heal the new injury on the little beggar's chin.
Gu Bingxue and Gu Ruixue lay by the door, looking at each other worriedly as they saw how nice their mother was to this strange brother.
Gu Xiaoxi saw her two daughters and waved to them.
Gu Ruixue was a little scared, so Gu Bingxue pulled Gu Bingxue to her mother.
When Gu Ruixue saw the appearance of the little beggar, she screamed in fright.
"Yes, yes, I'm sorry, I, I didn't mean to scare this girl on purpose." The little beggar said apologetically.
Gu Bingxue asked with a cold expression, "Are you here to snatch our mother from us?"
"No, no, no!" The little beggar waved his hands repeatedly, and then a trace of panic flashed in his eyes.
Meeting Gu Xiaoxi's eyes, he lowered his head guiltily.
Gu Xiaoxi understood that the little beggar originally wanted to pretend to have lost his memory and stay here as his son, but he could no longer pretend because of his guilt towards his daughters.
Whatever?
She had to know the whole story.
"Don't worry, even though you have a brother who loves you, mom is still your mom." She didn't explain too much to her daughter for the time being. She needed to figure out the situation before telling the two children.
Clever Gu Bingxue saw that her mother had a reason for saying that, so she said with a smile, "It's good to have a brother to protect us. Mother, you take care of his wound, and we'll go get the thorn balls."
As she spoke, she pulled her sister out of the room and continued to work.
Gu Xiaoxi treated the little beggar's wounds and took her back to her room.
After closing the door, she asked calmly, "Tell me what happened? Otherwise, I can't help you."
The little beggar looked at Gu Xiaoxi, who looked exactly like his mother, pouted in grievance and couldn't help crying.
Gu Xiaoxi was not in a hurry. She waited for the little beggar to finish crying and then wiped his tears.
"A few days ago, Uncle Qin and I were begging in a village near the pond. One night, a group of men in black suddenly showed up and beat Uncle Qin to death.
I ran to the duck shed and hid there. I was too scared to go out.
I don't know how long I waited, but later I ran out of the duck shed and found that they had jumped into the pond before they left.
When I was a child, I learned to hold my breath. I stayed in it for a long time, and finally I couldn’t hold it anymore and wanted to swim to the shore, but I found that I was weak all over.
Then, and then I met you.
I, I know you saved me, I lied, I was wrong.
But, but you really look like my mother, I, I miss my mother so much..." After he said that, he lowered his head and started crying.
Gu Xiaoxi saw that he was crying very sadly and it didn't seem like he was pretending.
She asked, "Where's your mother?"
"Dead?" said the little beggar.
"What about your father?" Gu Xiaoxi asked again.
"Maybe, maybe, he's dead." The little beggar couldn't help wanting to cry again, but he really held it back.
Mom is dead, and Dad may be dead too.
Gu Xiaoxi thought carefully and continued to ask, "How long has your father been missing?"
"I haven't seen my father since Uncle Qin took me away. Uncle Qin said it's been more than a year." The little beggar replied.
"Uncle Qin said, don't you know how long it will take?" Gu Xiaoxi found this sentence a bit strange.
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