Chapter 67067 Lu Xuan: Coaxing the baby to sleep
"Ah Xuan!"
Little Kitten Tuan poked his head out from under the covers and pulled out a children's fairy tale book as if presenting a treasure. His amber eyes sparkled, "Ah Xuan, read it!"
Lu Xuan tapped his forehead lightly. "Have you finished your homework? All you do all day is use me as a parrot."
Zizi nodded repeatedly, "I'm done! My homework is in the inner compartment of my schoolbag. You can take it out and read it to me, okay?"
Lu Xuan raised his eyebrows and asked, "Can't you see for yourself?"
"How could I know so many words!" Zaizai puffed out his cheeks and muttered.
Lu Xuan took the fairy tale book from him, opened it and took a look, then asked, "Aren't the words marked with pinyin?"
"So what if it's marked with pinyin? I, I, I don't understand what it means." Zizi stared at him eagerly, half of his body pressed against him, "Don't you want to read to me?"
Seeing the cub coming closer, Lu Xuan put his paw on his forehead and said, "Well, I haven't showered yet. Let's talk after I shower."
"Then it's a deal. After you take a shower, you have to come over and read to me." Zizi said with a stern face.
"knew."
When Lu Xuan came back, covered in sweat, his bed was empty, and there was no trace of Pei Qi.
He frowned, patted Ji Dong, who was in the lower bunk, and asked, "Where's Pei Qi?"
Ji Dong was lying on the bed eating a biscuit. He asked nonchalantly, "Pei Qi? Teacher Cao just called him over."
"oh."
Lu Xuan waited in bed for an hour, but Pei Qi didn't come back. Unable to wait any longer, Lu Xuan simply got up and went to the teachers' office.
"Hey, Xuan, where are you going? The lights in our dormitory are about to be turned off!"
Seeing that he was about to get up and leave, Ji Dong quickly stood up and shouted.
Yu Hao calmly turned a page of the book and said slowly, "Where else can I go? Of course I'll go find his little tail."
Ji Dong: “?”
"Little tail?"
Compared to the thick-skinned Ji Dong, Yu Hao is quite sharp.
"Didn't you notice that there's one person missing from the dormitory?"
Ji Dong then looked as if he suddenly understood.
oh!
Lu Xuan rushed to the office in a hurry. Seeing that Zizi had not come back for a long time, he thought that Zizi had made a mistake again and was punished by Teacher Cao in the office.
He had no idea that when he arrived at the office, he would only see Teacher Cao sitting alone in the office grading homework. "Teacher Cao, where's Pei Qi?"
"Pei Qi? The police just called him over for questioning."
Hearing this, Lu Xuan couldn't help but frowned, "When will he come back?"
Cao Wan was stunned. Yes, that’s right.
Lu Xuan pointed at the clock on the wall and emphasized, "It's already ten o'clock. Pei Qi should go back to the dormitory and rest. Children shouldn't stay up late."
Seeing this, Cao Wan quickly comforted him, "Don't worry, I'll call and ask if the interrogation over there is over."
"Um."
Meanwhile, on the other side.
Ding Yu answered the phone and shouted to Lin Ye, "Brother Lin, the welfare home called to ask when Pei Qi can go back. It's getting late."
Lin Ye fiddled with his watch and said, "Tell them that Pei Qi won't be going back today. He has to be questioned at the police station."
Ding Yu took a deep breath.
"ah?"
"Isn't this inappropriate?"
Lin Ye raised his eyebrows disapprovingly and asked, "What's inappropriate? We have 24 hours to inquire. After 24 hours, we will send him back. Just follow my instructions and don't specify the time."
"knew."
Ding Yu scratched his head in embarrassment, and could only embellish Lin Ge's words again and again, and simply replied, "We are still questioning him. After the questioning is over, we will send him back. We are police officers, not human traffickers, so don't worry."
Ding Yu gave a few brief instructions and hung up the phone, not allowing Cao Wan to refuse.
Looking at Lu Xuan's concerned face, Cao Wan felt a little embarrassed, but she couldn't say the original words directly, so she could only say something nice.
"They've replied that they'll send him back later. Don't worry, Pei Qi went to the police station. He's safe and will be fine."
Lu Xuan remained silent, nodded silently, turned around and left the office. His silence was like the calm before a storm. On the surface, he seemed fine, but in fact, there was a low pressure all over his body.
After finishing the call with the welfare home, Ding Yu finally sat down next to Lin Ye. He took the initiative to ask, "Brother Lin, why did you bring him here so late at night? Where are you going to put him at night? And what are we going to interrogate him about? This guy is completely clueless."
Pei Qi is a suspect in the crime, but he didn't have the time to commit the crime. Isn't this a foregone conclusion?
Lin Ye folded his arms and looked at him with disdain, "What do you know?"
Ding Yu: “…”
"We're only fighting over an information gap. I certainly know he didn't have the time to commit the crime, and the perpetrators also know Pei Qi didn't commit the crime. Arresting a false criminal often has two effects: one is to relax the suspect's vigilance, and the other is to put psychological pressure on the suspect. Have you forgotten? The materials show that Lu Xuan and Pei Qi have an excellent relationship."
Whether it is betraying your companions or making your best friend a scapegoat, both feelings are unpleasant.
What's more, Lu Xuan did a perfect job in this matter, and it was difficult for them to find Lu Xuan's flaws in the open. All they could do was to attack him from the side and make Lu Xuan reveal his flaws himself.
If Lu Xuan loses his patience, all the previous efforts will be in vain.
No matter what, they are only acting according to their authority and have everything under control. It all depends on whether Lu Xuan can keep his composure.
Seeing Lu Xuan return empty-handed, Ji Dong raised an eyebrow in surprise. "Xuan, you went there, and Teacher Cao didn't let him go? What bad things did Pei Qi do this time? You couldn't even save him?"
Lu Xuan sat silently beside the bed, fiddling with the fairy tale book with his paws.
Ji Dong: “????”
No, Lu Xuan, why don’t you say something?
"No, Lu Xuan, what's going on? Why don't you say something?"
At this moment, Lu Xuan was like a mute person, sitting there silently with a book in his hand.
Ji Dong: “????”
Yu Hao poked his head out from the upper bunk and asked, "Lu Xuan, what are you reading there with an upside-down book?"
how?
Do you read books backwards?
"oh."
Lu Xuan realized that he was holding the book upside down and then he straightened it out.
Yu Hao: “…”
You kid, your mind is not on the ball!
Lu Xuan did not answer Ji Dong's question, but remained silent, occasionally looking up at the clock on the wall.
It's 11 o'clock.
Pei Qi hasn't come back yet.
With a "click", all the lights in the dormitory were turned off, leaving only darkness in the dormitory.
Lu Xuan sat on the edge of the bed, but his heart felt like it was being cooked in a frying pan.
With a "bang" sound, he left the dormitory without hesitation and ran outside.
Ji Dong was stunned. He quickly shouted, "No, Xuan, where are you going so late at night?"
He ran to the door, but it was already locked.
Seeing this, Lu Xuan directly flipped out of the window and ran all the way to the outer courtyard. The courtyard gate had been locked at this time. He was able to use the momentum of the running start to jump directly onto the short wall. His hind legs kept kicking the wall, and his sharp claws left marks on the wall. The short wall was undoubtedly a towering mountain for the cub, and he jumped down from the wall without hesitation.
Following his action, the car that had been waiting at the door for a long time immediately moved and followed closely behind him.
Lu Xuan glanced at the alley and suddenly rushed into the alley. This area was full of old houses and the alleys were even more complicated. He quickly passed several streets and the next second, he went straight into the corner. He leaned sideways against the trash can. The dim street lights did not reflect his shadow, as if he had merged into the shadow. His ice-blue eyes stared at the lost car.
Accompanied by the noisy scolding, it seemed as if he was pulled back to another time.
In the empty corridor, he crouched in a corner, his body curled up. From the room came the sounds of a man and a woman playing and laughing and cursing. He didn't know how long he had been squatting in the corridor until he saw a man walking out of the room in dishevel. The man's white shirt was casually thrown on his body, the loose white shirt barely covering his big belly. He had a cigarette in his mouth, his eyes filled with a sense of relief. When their eyes met, he only heard the man spit and curse under his breath: "Bastard!"
Lu Xuan looked at him silently. Perhaps he had been squatting in the corridor for too long, so Lu Xuan moved his body and returned home.
The narrow room was filled with a decadent smell. A woman was wearing a loose white suspender skirt, holding a cigarette between her fingers, and exhaling white smoke comfortably.
Lu Xuan lowered his head and cleaned up the messy room like a qualified servant.
The woman seemed satisfied with his performance. She calmly took out two hundred yuan from the pocket of her wallet and stuffed it into his pocket. "This is your pocket money for the next few days. I won't be home for the next few days. You can buy your own food with the money."
"Um."
The woman said this and left triumphantly. She had been gone for seventeen days, and Lu Xuan had very little money left.
"Dong-dong."
A rapid knock on the door interrupted his thoughts. Lu Xuan hurriedly picked up the stool and stood up, looking through the peephole to see who was coming.
It’s the landlady.
Lu Xuan hesitated for a moment and finally chose to open the door.
The landlady's sharp eyes swept around the room and asked, "Where's your mother?"
Lu Xuan shook his head honestly and said frankly: "I don't know."
The landlady crossed her arms and demanded, "What's wrong with your mother? She hasn't paid the rent or utilities for two months! Do you still want to live here? If she hadn't begged me so pitifully, I wouldn't have rented it to her!"
"I'm sorry for causing you trouble." Lu Xuan kept apologizing with his head down, his furry tail drooping and tightly sticking to the ground. The snow-white hair looked like withered hair, dirty and yellow.
Tiger is a big-boned cat. Among children of the same age, he is considered tall, but his nutrition has not kept up, which makes his body look particularly thin, as if a gust of wind can blow him down. His cheeks are very sunken, which makes his eyes look particularly large, and he looks more like a big-eyed doll.
Seeing his sickly appearance, the landlady curled her lips and said dissatisfiedly, "I'm telling you, stop pretending to be pitiful in front of me. If you don't pay the rent in full before the end of the month, I will kick you out! Got it?"
"Um."
Before the woman left, she only told him a few words. He had no idea where she was going. Even though he was in a hurry now, he couldn't contact her.
The distressed cat group could only sit at the stairs, waiting for that person to come back.
The two hundred yuan in his hand was almost gone. A bag of rice cost fifty yuan, which could barely last one person more than twenty days if he ate frugally. A piece of pork chop cost twenty-five yuan, and with the side dishes, a normal meal a day would cost thirty yuan. A bag of instant noodles cost three yuan, and he had three meals a day. The cost of food to maintain the minimum survival signs was ten yuan. Ten times seventeen was one hundred and seventy.
He only has twenty yuan left now, and if his mother doesn't come back, he will run out of food.
Kitten Tuan lowered his head in distress, and the sorrow on his face became tangible.
"Hey, whose kitten is this? Why are you sitting here?"
The one who spoke was a white-haired old lady. Her clothes were patched with tattered patches. She was holding a gray snakeskin bag in one hand and an iron hook in the other, and she smiled at him kindly.
Seeing this, Lu Xuan immediately hid himself, staring at her vigilantly.
Seeing his alert look, the old lady smiled kindly, took out a bag of egg rolls from her pocket, and asked, "Little boy, here are some egg rolls, do you want some?"
Lu Xuan's little head was shaking like a rattle, leaving only a pair of ice-blue eyes staring at her.
For several days in a row, they met in the corridor.
The old woman usually picks up bottles and cans nearby to supplement her family income, and the children in the alley call her the garbage lady.
The garbage lady waved at him as usual, "Are you hungry, little boy? Do you want to come and have dinner with grandma?"
Lu Xuan kept shaking his head. It was said on TV that children should not easily eat things given by others.
The garbage lady opened the lunch box, and the smell of fried chicken hidden inside the lunch box overflowed all at once, and the aroma of rice filled the air.
Considering that he had little money left, Lu Xuan had to spend every penny carefully. He even cut his breakfast money and could only have a bowl of instant noodles for lunch and dinner. However, tigers are undiscriminating carnivores. Simply filling their stomachs with rice and noodles could only deceive their stomachs but could not provide them with much energy. His body was losing weight at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The fragrant smell of chicken was full of temptation to him. He swallowed hard and stared at the food box in the garbage lady's hand.
Compared to Lu Xuan's vigilance, the garbage lady was as kind as usual, "Do you want to eat? Grandma's fried chicken is delicious!"
"Need not."
"Coo, coo, coo."
Two voices sounded at the same time, making him extremely embarrassed, and he almost buried his little head in the ground.
“Crack.”
The stainless steel food box was placed in front of him. The rich aroma of meat rushed straight to his head. The garbage woman's eyes were filled with warmth. "Do you want to eat?"
All restraint vanished in front of Rourou.
He is really hungry.
So hungry.
At that moment, Lu Xuan didn't care about his appearance at all. He pounced in front of the food box and gobbled it up. He ate so fast that bones even got stuck in his mouth several times. He swallowed the annoying bones all at once and stuffed them into his stomach.
The garbage woman's rough hands gently stroked the dry and yellow hair on his body.
Lu Xuan subconsciously shrank back, biting his food bowl, as if he was particularly resistant to close contact with others. Facing his avoidance, the garbage lady kept smiling, "Are you hungry? If you are hungry, eat more. What do you want to eat tomorrow? Do you like fish?"
At this moment, Lu Xuan was like a vigilant wild cat. He ran away as soon as he finished his meal, with no intention of cultivating feelings with the person who fed him.
The next day, the garbage lady was waiting for him in the corridor with a lunch box.
Garbage Lady cooked freshwater fish today. She carefully removed the fish bones one by one. The fish was raised at the edge of the sea, so it did not have a strong earthy smell. It was even more fragrant after being marinated with sauce. The most important thing was that next to the tender fish meat, there were fish balls as big as thumbs. You know, these fish balls are much more expensive than fish meat, and they taste even more fragrant.
Perhaps knowing Lu Xuan's strong vigilance, the garbage woman took the initiative to put the food box on the ground and asked softly, "Are you hungry? Do you want to eat?"
Lu Xuan, who only relied on starch to deceive his stomach, had never eaten such delicious food before. He dove in almost in a second and swept away all the meat in the lunch box. He even licked the lunch box clean.
After feeding her for several days, Lu Xuan's attitude towards the garbage lady improved a lot. The little guy's eyes flickered with hesitation. After a while, he followed her hesitantly, "Is there anything I can do to help? I can't eat and drink other people's food for free."
Mom said that he couldn't just stay at home and eat for free like a parasite, so he had to work hard and do everything he could.
The garbage woman waved her hands and said with a smile, "No, no, I'm not giving you food to eat because I don't want anything in return. I just can't bear to see the children go hungry."
Having said that, Lu Xuan still felt guilty. The old lady didn't want him to repay her, but it was still wrong for him to eat and drink for free.
"Children need to eat well so they can grow strong!"
The thick palm patted his forehead lightly.
"Little boy, you haven't told grandma what your name is yet." The garbage lady looked at him with concern.
Lu Xuan hesitated for a moment and told the name truthfully.
"Lu Xuan."
"Lu Xuan? What a great name! It sounds so majestic. Your parents must love you very much to have given you this name."
Lu Xuan's body stiffened, and he hesitated, "Really?"
"Of course. What parents in this world don't love their children? I see you haven't had a good meal in the past few days. Where are your parents?"
Lu Xuan: “…”
"They're not home."
Hearing this, Garbage Lady suddenly understood, "Is that so? Then come to Grandma's house. Grandma will provide you with food and will definitely raise you to be plump and plump."
"No, no thanks."
The garbage woman grabbed his paws and pulled him home intently, "Your hair is all tangled. I'll take you to take a bath and make sure you get it clean."
"No, I can take a shower myself."
The garbage woman completely ignored his refusal and dragged him home.
The garbage lady happened to be in the storage room on the first floor. The narrow corridor was filled with worn-out cardboard boxes. The room reflected in the shadows looked like a wild beast hidden in the darkness, as if it could devour people in one bite.
With a "click", the key opened the door, and he saw an orange-yellow house. Compared with the shabby outside, the door was tidy. Considering that she was on the first floor, the balcony was connected to the small courtyard outside. A fence was used to repair it, forming a narrow courtyard. A few chickens were raised inside the fence, clucking.
The garbage woman dragged the dirty little cat into the bathroom and said earnestly, "Oh, look at you! You're almost turning into a little coal ball!"
As she spoke, she picked up the shower head, and Lu Xuan was so scared that he closed his eyes nervously, his body trembling constantly.
Cats are generally afraid of water, and they don't have a good impression of bathing.
cold.
It's so cold.
He hated getting his warm fur wet.
The expected coldness did not arrive. Instead, the warm water rushed over his thick fur. The garbage woman smiled warmly, "How is it? Is the water hot?"
Lu Xuan opened his eyes in surprise and shook his head honestly.
"It's not hot, right? It's good that it's not hot."
The garbage lady brought a small stool and sat down slowly. She patiently used the shower head to spray Lu Xuan's hair. The fluffy hair drooped down as soon as it came into contact with water, which made Lu Xuan look even thinner.
The garbage lady squeezed some shower gel and patiently rubbed it all over his body, patiently soothing him, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. As long as you wash yourself clean, you will be a clean kitten!"
"Um."
In Lu Xuan's impression, his mother would just use the shower head to randomly spray him, and the cold water would splash on him, scaring him so much that he would run around in the bathroom. However, this kind of gentle care was the first time in his history.
After several rounds of rinsing, the garbage woman wrapped the clean kitten in a towel and carried him out. The dirty kitten exuded the scent of jasmine shower gel. The garbage woman patiently wiped off the water droplets on his body with a towel. She freed her hand and took out a hair dryer, "Woo-woo."
The sound of the hair dryer being turned on frightened the kitten so much that it instinctively wanted to crawl under the sofa. Fortunately, the garbage woman was quick to pick it up in the first place. She patiently said, "Don't be afraid, just blow dry its fur."
The noise made by the hair dryer was particularly terrifying to the kitten, but the kitten was held tightly by someone and could only listen obediently to the whistling sound of the wind calling in his ears.
His mother never blow-dried him, but simply rinsed him, turning his warm fur wet. The wet fur caused the heat in his body to dissipate quickly, and when he woke up the next day, he had a fever.
This happened several times in a row, and in Lu Xuan's mind, taking a bath was no different from taking a cat's life.
The warm wind blowing on his wet hair not only did not make him cold, but instead made him feel extremely comfortable. That night, the garbage woman taught him how to use a hair dryer.
After cleaning the kitten, she sent it home.
Lu Xuan returned to the empty room, feeling a little strange in his heart.
He quickly dispelled the strange feeling in his heart and planned to repay the garbage lady for her care. When the repayment was mentioned, Lu Xuan looked at the little money left in his pocket, and then looked at the room that was so poor that only the wall was left, as if he had nothing to give away.
In the end, Lu Xuan chose to help the garbage lady pick up trash.
The garbage woman looked at the kitten guarding the stairs and felt a little funny in her heart, "No, no, grandma doesn't need your help."
Although the garbage lady refused again and again, Lu Xuan still wanted to help her pick up the bottles, and he wanted to reach into the trash can several times.
Seeing this, the garbage lady quickly assigned him a task, "Come on, come on, help me hold the bag while I go through the trash can."
"OK."
The garbage woman skillfully used an iron hook to reach into the trash can. She patiently instructed, "Don't put your claws into the trash can. You don't know what people throw in there. Some throw broken glass, some throw broken bowls, and some throw sticky mouse traps. What if you rashly put your claws in there and get hurt later? Use the iron hook when you dig out the trash can so you don't cut yourself."
Most of the time, the garbage lady just let Lu Xuan hold the snakeskin bag, and the old man and the child would search through it all the way, and put any useful waste they found into the snakeskin bag.
Every time he went to the scrap recycling station, the garbage lady would give him half of the money from selling the scrap as his labor fee.
Lu Xuan's face flushed instantly, and his head was shaking like a rattle. "I can't take this money, I can't take it!"
"You should take it. This is your labor fee."
"No, I'm not doing this for the labor fee." Lu Xuan refused firmly.
"I know, that's right. You should have accepted the money that grandma gave you. How long has it been since your unreliable mother came home? You have some money on you, so you can buy something to eat when you're hungry. Otherwise, if you keep waiting like this, I'm afraid you'll starve to death before she comes back!"
Hearing this, Lu Xuan slowly lowered his head, his ice-blue eyes filled with struggle.
The garbage collector bent down and patted his back patiently. "Don't be afraid. I have a pension that can support myself. This is the waste we collected together. It is the fruit of our joint labor. This is the reward you deserve. If you don't accept it, I won't take you with me next time."
"good."
Lu Xuan agreed immediately.
"Then when I get home, grandma will give it to me. I'm afraid I'll take it away."
"Okay!" The garbage lady agreed happily.
The garbage woman "hired" this child laborer, which was really a money-losing deal. Apart from anything else, Lu Xuan really loved eating. All the eggs laid by the old hens in the yard went into his stomach, and eating meat every meal was a considerable expense. The little money the garbage woman earned from collecting waste was all put into Lu Xuan's stomach.
Lu Xuan blushed and asked cautiously, "Can I have another bowl of rice?"
Garbage Lady chuckled and said, "Sure, I'll take care of your meals and other things."
As she said this, the garbage woman filled his bowl with rice again.
"Oh, Xuan."
"Um?"
"Do you want to go to kindergarten like other children?"
Lu Xuan paused and shook his head. "It costs money to go to kindergarten."
The garbage lady patiently advised: "Whether there is money or not is not something that children should consider."
Lu Xuan thought about it and said sincerely: "She won't give it to you."
“…”
Seeing that her explanation was not working, the garbage woman immediately changed the subject and asked, "So do you want to learn?"
There was a struggle in Lu Xuan's eyes. He hesitated for a long time before nodding.
Garbage Lady gently stroked his head and comforted him: "It's okay, if you want to learn, Grandma will teach you."
"Um."
Educating children is a tough job. Apart from other things, the biggest problem with children is that they are restless, cannot sit still, and are naughty. Their attention is far less focused than that of adults. How to get children to sit still is a headache for teachers.
Compared with those lively children, Lu Xuan seemed particularly silent.
After this teaching, Laji Po discovered that this child's personality was much calmer than other children. He was not the kind of person who was noisy and crazy. Not only could he sit still, but he also had a quick reaction. After being taught a question once, he could quickly apply it to other situations, just like an unpolished jade.
Even if it has not been carved, unpolished jade is still unpolished jade, and it is naturally different from stubborn stone.
The garbage woman cursed inwardly, what a sin!
This child has excellent talent. As long as he is well educated and trained, he will definitely be a promising child in the future.
When it came to teaching Lu Xuan, Garbage Lady took extra care. Not only did she teach him step by step, she even borrowed worn-out elementary school textbooks from her neighbor and taught him how to read. Pointing to the bookcase at home, Garbage Lady said generously, "Xuan, you can take any book you want from me in the future. Don't be polite to me, okay?"
"Um."
After being away from home for twenty-five days, the woman returned home.
Lu Xuan ended his days of eating free meals at the garbage lady's place.
Looking at Lu Xuan's slightly fleshy face, the woman sneered and said sarcastically, "You kid really know how to find a new partner for yourself. You're just like your shameless father."
Lu Xuan lowered his head and turned a deaf ear to her words.
So the woman stayed at home for only two days and then left, leaving behind two hundred yuan.
He was always nervous every time a woman left, but this time he felt a strange feeling in his heart because she finally left.
As soon as the woman left, he got up and ran to the garbage lady. The garbage lady was a gentle old lady who was particularly attentive to children. Seeing that he had only been home for two days, he had lost weight at a visible speed. This made the garbage lady feel very distressed. She rubbed Lu Xuan's head and said, "Oh, you've only been home for a few days, and your little face that was finally getting rounder has become sunken again. You must be starving when you go back. Grandma will kill a chicken for you!"
Having said that, the old man turned and walked towards the small fenced courtyard.
This house was the compensation house for the old woman's house demolition. Originally, they said they would compensate her with a three-bedroom, one-living-room house, but in the end, they insisted on giving her a two-bedroom, one-living-room house. The old woman went to make a fuss several times but to no avail. She could only grit her teeth and ask for the first floor, and enclosed a narrow courtyard for herself with a fence.
"Grandma, let me help you."
The old man waved his hand and said, "No, no, how can a little kid like you know how to kill a chicken?"
"I can learn."
Lu Xuan clung to the garbage lady like a little tail. The chickens in the yard were free-range. The garbage lady coaxed them to her with a handful of rice, grabbed the old hen's wings, and looked at the kitten behind her with a smile, "This one is fat. I'll make chicken soup for you later."
"Um."
The old man carried the old hen and walked towards the kitchen with a staggering gait. "Kill the chicken. It's very fishy. Don't watch it anymore. Go read a book."
Lu Xuan shook his head and said frankly: "I can learn how to kill chickens. Maybe in the future, I can kill chickens for grandma to eat."
Seeing that the little guy insisted, the garbage lady didn't say anything else.
The garbage woman picked up a kitchen knife and brushed aside the old hen's hair. She patiently taught, "Ah Xuan, there are steps to killing a chicken. First, you have to cut its throat with a knife."
Then, she used a knife to cut open the old hen's throat, and warm blood gushed out immediately. She used a bowl to collect the warm blood and said, "Chicken blood is a great tonic."
The old hen flapped its wings, making its last struggle.
"Grandma, it's still moving." Lu Xuan pointed at the old hen that was flapping its wings with his paw.
"After bleeding, it becomes motionless after a while."
One chicken, only one bowl of chicken blood.
After releasing the chicken blood, the garbage woman threw it into the bucket, scalded it from top to bottom with boiling water, and then began to pluck the feathers.
Lu Xuan, who was worried about whether the old hen would hurt, was relieved after tasting the rich chicken soup. The old hen was super delicious!
The happy kitten raised its tail.
"Knock, knock," the rapid knock on the door interrupted the warm meal in the living room.
"Who is it?"
The man came in aggressively and replied in a rough voice, "It's me!"
Seeing that the other party had bad intentions, the garbage woman immediately hid Lu Xuan behind the door of the second bedroom, "Ah Xuan, you hide here and don't come out, understand?"
Lu Xuan looked confused and nodded honestly.
The garbage woman quickly put away Lu Xuan's dishes and cutlery, and answered the door, "I'm here, why are you rushing me?"
After cleaning up the mess, the garbage woman finally opened the door. She looked at the door warily and asked, "What are you doing here?"
Wang Duan's eyes swept around the living room, finally landing on a table full of sumptuous dinner. He pushed the garbage woman aside disapprovingly and stepped inside with his shoes on. "This is my home, why can't I come? Mom, you're living a good life, three dishes and a soup, you're living a comfortable life."
Garbage Lady's face was as cold as ice, and she had no intention of reminiscing with him. "Alright, you never come here for no reason. What brings you here?"
Wang Duan picked up a chicken wing and started chewing it, looking like a scoundrel. "Mom, I'm a little short on money right now. Can you give me a few tens of thousands to spend first?"
"I don't have a penny on me." The garbage woman said without hesitation.
"Mom, are you kidding me? You have a pension! Look at you, your meal consists of three dishes and a soup, while your son is being chased around outside and may not even get two boxed lunches a day!"
"You deserve it! If you didn't gamble, why would you be chased around like this?"
Wang Duan kept clinging to her, saying anxiously, "Mom, please help me! Those people have come to my place and are causing trouble. The landlord has kicked me out. If you don't help me, they'll chop off your son's fingers. Can you bear to see your son become disabled?"
"That's your own fault, it has nothing to do with me."
Wang Duan quickly grabbed her sleeve and pleaded, "Mom, please help me. I'm your only son. If anything happens to me, who will take care of you?"
Garbage Lady scowled at him coldly and demanded, "How many times has this happened? How many times have I helped you pay off your debts? You're a bottomless pit. You'll never be able to pay off your debts!"
"Mom, believe me, this is the last time! I will definitely turn over a new leaf and never gamble again!" Wang Duan raised his hand and promised again and again.
"I've heard you say that a lot. You've already taken all my money, and I'm living on scrap. You want food, I've got it, but you want money, I don't have a cent."
Seeing Garbage Woman's determination, Wang Duan immediately grabbed her hair and demanded, "You're not going to accept my toast, are you? You're living a carefree life here, enjoying the good life and not caring about your son's life or death."
"Let go!"
Wang Duan didn't care about her at all. He pushed her to the ground, grabbed her collar tightly with both hands, and pulled her up like a chicken. "Tell me, where did you hide the house deed? Hand it over to me!"
The garbage woman had just fallen heavily, her elbow was bruised, and her legs and feet were not as nimble as before. She said without hesitation: "I, I can't give you the house deed, so just give up on it!"
"You old woman, you're being stubborn, aren't you?"
After saying that, Wang Duan grabbed her hair tightly and slammed her hard on the ground.
"I told you not to tell!"
"I told you not to tell!"
"I told you not to tell!"
For a moment, blood gushed out continuously.
Lu Xuan's pupils shrank, and his claws sank deeply into the door panel, leaving deep scratches.
Wang Duan suddenly grabbed the garbage woman and said viciously, "Tell me! Where did you hide the property deed?"
Garbage Lady was an elderly woman after all, so her reactions were not that quick. Her lips trembled as if she was trying hard to pronounce the words. However, Wang Duan had no patience for her nagging and slapped her in the face. "Hurry up and tell me! If you don't, I'll kill you!"
The beating lasted for ten minutes. After a beating, Wang Duan finally got the house deed as he wished and left with satisfaction.
After Wang Duan left, Lu Xuan hurried out from behind the door and ran towards her anxiously, "Grandma, are you okay? Grandma, I'll call an ambulance for you right away!"
The garbage woman was like a bloody person soaked in blood. At this moment, she was breathing out more than breathing in. In her chaotic vision, she reflected the child's terrified and helpless eyes, "Don't..."
Don't cry.
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