Zhang Hongying smiled and said, "Okay, you must come when their store officially opens!"
Yun Ningyan nodded: "Okay!"
Two weeks later, Zhang Hongying's two older brothers' shops officially opened.
Zhang Hongying called her and went with Huo Junshan.
Their opening was very lively.
We hired a lion dance troupe to perform in front of the gate.
Yun Ningyan looked at it for a while, gave the red envelope, and then said she had to leave.
Zhang Hongying saw them out: "Ningning, thank you. My eldest and second brothers have finally established themselves here!"
Yun Ningyan waved her hand: "You're welcome."
The two walked home together.
When I got home, I found out that Li Xiangyun and Huo Changgen had gone out together.
Yesterday, Xixi kept asking for candied hawthorns and other snacks.
They went to buy it.
Yun Ningyan shook her head.
They spoil Xixi too much.
Huo Changgen and Li Xiangyun went to the snack street.
He wanted to buy everything he saw, and Huo Changgen also thought the snacks looked delicious.
"Xiangyun, I'm going to buy one of those cakes. It looks delicious. You wait here."
Li Xiangyun had no choice but to wait. Why did this old man seem to eat more as he got older?
I want to try everything.
Huo Changgen bought a lot of things again.
"Alright, let's go! Your grandchildren should be back by now."
The two walked straight home.
But as they were leaving the food street, someone suddenly rushed towards them.
They snatched the things from her hands.
He was mumbling something under his breath.
This startled Li Xiangyun.
She turned her head to look, and Huo Changgen was about to kick her.
Li Xiangyun stopped him: "Old man, why do I feel like she looks familiar?"
Although her hair covered her face, she could still see a familiar figure.
But compared to before, he was incredibly thin.
I could vaguely see a pair of dull eyes through the part of her hair.
The act of grabbing things just now was probably because they were extremely hungry.
Who knew that when that person heard Li Xiangyun's voice, he dropped everything.
He lunged at Huo Changgen.
Huo Changgen was startled and kicked him.
The man lay on the ground, groaning and clutching his chest.
However, the sound it produced was quite unpleasant.
It doesn't sound like a woman's voice at all.
But after being kicked by Huo Changgen, she endured the pain and lunged at him again.
This time she didn't grab their clothes again.
Instead, he pointed to himself and mumbled something.
They just couldn't understand it.
Li Xiangyun asked in confusion, "What is she talking about?"
Huo Changgen shook his head: "I don't know, I don't understand."
A vendor doing business nearby then spoke up: "She's been here for days, picking up food that other people don't want!"
"But these days, how many people can just throw away their food?"
“When we see her like this, we give her some food.”
"She never speaks; it's like she's mute."
Li Xiangyun looked at the man and pointed at Huo Changgen: "Do you know him?"
The man nodded frantically, making whimpering sounds.
Huo Changgen was also puzzled as to why this person knew him.
He was about to pull the person away.
The man tossed his hair aside and looked at the two of them.
Li Xiangyun gasped.
"You are Yao Qingqing!"
Huo Changgen was also shocked. How could she have become like this?
Yao Qingqing saw that the two people recognized her.
Her tears finally fell.
"Nine-nine..."
Her mouth opened and closed, struggling to utter the two sounds of "uncle".
But the voice didn't sound like a woman at all; it sounded more like a mute person struggling to make a sound.
Huo Changgen squatted down, his eyes also red.
How did my niece become like this?
The entire tip of the nose was gone, and even the mouth was smeared together.
Only the upper half of her body is recognizable as Yao Qingqing.
My voice is ruined, and so is my appearance.
What happened?
Yao Qingqing burst into tears, unsure how to express her feelings at that moment.
She has been homeless for several months.
Jealousy almost killed me!
The journey took us from the remote northwest to Beijing.
She came based on guesswork; her third brother and sister-in-law were so outstanding, they would definitely come to Beijing!
If she can't find them in Beijing, she'll go to Shanghai.
She ran away from that house.
They fled all the way, fearing they would catch up.
That family is evil; they're afraid she'll go out and provoke others.
They cut off her nose and poured boiling water down her throat, scalding her voice.
The mouth was also deformed.
Even his entire chin was deformed!
But she wanted to live; she didn't want to die!
She hasn't brought that family to justice yet.
So she took the opportunity to escape, and it took her an unknown amount of time to finally reach Beijing.
If they got hungry on the road, they would beg for food; if there were no houses, they would eat tree bark and wild vegetables.
They've even eaten rats and snakes!
Fortunately, she was agile.
Although her appearance was ruined, her health was still good.
Aside from being somewhat thin.
Unexpectedly, she met her second uncle just a few months after arriving here.
"uncle......"
She thought about the things she had done in the past.
He immediately knelt on the ground.
He kept kowtowing.
Her voice was hoarse, and they couldn't understand what she was saying.
But Li Xiangyun saw through it.
This person is apologizing.
Seeing her in this state, Li Xiangyun couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness.
I was tempted by the 500 yuan they offered me, so I went with them.
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