Fu Fei stared intently at the thing on the ground in front of him. He did not blink even though his eyes were sore and tears were flowing out. His legs felt like they were filled with lead and he could not lift them.
He was hallucinating again.
"Heh--" A bitter smile appeared on the young man's tired face.
That cloth bag...how is it possible? It must be...it must be an illusion again!
His illness has become more serious.
Fu Fei dragged his heavy legs forward, and after a few steps, he saw that the cloth bag was still there.
His heart skipped a beat.
This was the first time since the incident two years ago that Fu Fei felt his heart beating so clearly and knew that he was still alive.
My throat suddenly became dry, as if it had been rubbed by sand, my eyes also felt very dry, my body was shaking uncontrollably, my teeth were chattering, and they collided up and down, making a clicking sound.
A light suddenly flashed in his eyes. He walked over quickly, slowly squatted down, hesitated and was timid, and did not dare to stretch out his hand for a long time.
If it’s true…
If only it were true!
“Boom, boom, boom!!!”
Fu Fei's heartbeat became faster and faster, his head suddenly became filled with blood, and he fell headfirst to the ground.
My forehead hit something, it wasn't the warm soil that had been bathed in the sun, but a cloth bag, a cotton bag.
He had been thinking about this cloth bag for more than two years, more than eight hundred days and nights, and more than twenty thousand hours.
Fu Fei quickly grabbed the bulging cloth bag.
The seals sewn with cotton thread, the seals at the seams, and the burning red stamps on them are all there.
He hugged the cloth bag tightly, the wound on his finger opened up, bright red blood oozing out, a few "grunts" escaped from his throat, then he covered his mouth again, the sobs he held back made a muffled sound in his nose, like a wounded beast spinning in an iron cage.
After a long time.
He smiled, tears streaming down his eyes.
Those numb eyes slowly began to light up.
Getting brighter and brighter.
Fu Fei stood up suddenly and rushed towards the cotton textile factory.
"I didn't take the money! The money is here! Look, I really didn't take the money!" He held up the cloth bag and shouted, showing the seal to everyone, "Look, everyone, the seal is still there, the red stamp is intact, I didn't take a cent!"
At this time, many people were working overtime in the cotton textile factory.
Many people came out after hearing the noise.
When I got closer, I saw the seal and red stamp on the cloth bag and was surprised.
Two years ago, Fu Fei's case caused a big stir. If the law had not been incomplete and the factory leaders had protected him, he would have at least gone to jail. Even if he didn't go to jail, he would have definitely received an education.
But now.
This cloth bag actually appeared, and it looked like it had just been taken out of the bank. This... this, this, this, it's a ghost.
The factory leader walked out of the office and saw the cloth bag held high by Fu Fei, his pupils suddenly shrank.
Fu Fei ran straight to him, "Director, the lost money has been recovered! I didn't embezzle it, look - the seal and the red stamp are still there, I got it back!"
He repeatedly said that he did not embezzle money. His eyes were red and he was very emotional, looking almost crazy.
The factory leader took the cloth bag from Fu Fei, tore open the seal, and inside was a neatly folded big unity.
He counted again.
One thousand four hundred and eighty-five.
Not a penny less.
"Where did you find it from?" The factory leader stood on the steps, looking at Fu Fei with a sharp gaze.
"The alley closest to the south gate of the factory." Fu Fei said.
"It's strange." The factory leader, who looked quite dignified, was puzzled.
Pick it up from where it was lost.
Damn it.
As a veteran, he naturally didn't believe in ghosts, but this matter really couldn't be explained.
The man handed the cloth bag full of money to the Finance Department and patted Fu Fei on the shoulder.
"Comrade Fu is a good comrade."
Hearing the leader's affirmation, Fu Fei was shocked. He squatted down, covered his face with his hands, choked and unable to speak, crying with tears and snot.
In a miserable state.
After crying, the light in his eyes became brighter and brighter.
Suddenly he laughed, and his whole body was shaking.
"Hahaha--"
The young man stood up with a smile, straightening his shoulders that had been hunched over by the insults. His face was full of tears, but he smiled with relief.
After bowing deeply to the factory director, Fu Fei ran out.
He ran very fast from the cotton textile factory to the river, covering his mouth and shouting "Ahhh" a few times, as if he wanted to shout out all the frustration and pain that had accumulated in his heart for the past two years.
Afterwards, the factory office held a meeting.
In view of the fact that Fu Fei returned the losses to the factory, the cotton textile factory withdrew the administrative penalty against him and adjusted his work.
Losing money has a bad impact, so you can forget about going back to the Finance Department, but you can still work in an ordinary factory.
Fu Fei said nothing and reported honestly.
Everyone, including the Fu family, thought that the matter was over.
But I don't want to.
In less than half a month, Fu Fei changed jobs with someone else, left quietly, and never set foot here again.
Some things have happened and they can no longer be treated as if they never happened.
For him, these two long years were like a scab in his heart that hurt when touched, and he wanted to start over.
…
At the same time.
A dilapidated courtyard on West Street.
The tiled roof was covered with moss, with layers of mold running down the ridge. The courtyard wall had long been mottled, the newspapers pasted on the window frames had turned yellow, and the half-broken spring couplets remaining on the door lintel rustled in the breeze.
An old woman with gray hair lifted the shiny black bamboo curtain and walked out. She was holding a peeling enamel basin in her hand. She wanted to fetch water for her grandson to wash his feet. When she walked to the water jar, she was blinded by a beam of light.
Grandma Guo squinted her presbyopic eyes and looked again. The gold ring that had been lost on the water jar for more than two years was still lying there quietly.
“Clang—”
The enamel basin bounced on the ground and rolled away.
The old woman staggered towards the water jar, and her fingers as dry as branches tightly grasped the gold ring, pressing it into her palm. The carvings on the ring pricked her palm and hurt.
My palms hurt.
Grandma Guo came to her senses and opened her hand blankly, and the ring was still there.
moment.
Two lines of turbid tears flowed from the old man's eyes that could no longer see clearly.
She was suddenly shocked and fell to the ground, with suppressed tears spilling out of her throat.
"Why did you come out just now? Why did you come out just now? It's too late! It's too late!"
“My son——!”
“Tui Tui——!!”
"Mom found the ring. I have money to exchange for food. Come back---!!"
Grandma Guo clenched her right fist and hit her chest hard. She was in pain.
"Mother is useless. Mother lost her ring and didn't get any food in exchange. Mother is useless, my son, Cuicui, mother is useless!"
"Why doesn't God take away this old immortal of mine..."
Just then, a little boy over two years old ran out of the house barefoot.
Seeing grandma crying, he ran over and clumsily wiped the old woman's wrinkled face with his little hands.
"Don't cry, grandma. Your grandson will protect you."
Hearing what her grandson said, Grandma Guo felt even more heartbroken and she hugged him and cried even harder.
I recalled what happened two years ago.
It was a cold winter day and it was snowing heavily. The food supply in the whole county was difficult and my daughter-in-law Cuicui had just given birth to a child.
The cry of her newly born grandson was weaker than that of a kitten. She went out to exchange her only remaining gold ring for food, but before she reached the black market, the ring was gone, so she had to return home empty-handed.
Her son felt sorry for the child and went out to borrow some rice. He walked in such a hurry that he fell on the road and fainted. When he was found, his body had already frozen solid.
When the daughter-in-law heard the bad news, she was so shocked that she bled profusely, and her blood stained most of the mattress red.
When she found someone, Cuicui's eyes were wide open and she died with her eyes open.
In the past two years, Grandma Guo has been tortured all the time.
She felt that it was her carelessness that caused the tragic deaths of her son and daughter-in-law. If it weren't for her grandson, she would have died long ago.
Now that this gold ring appeared out of nowhere, what’s the use? Her family is broken up!
The family is broken up!
The little boy imitated his grandmother to coax him and patted her shoulders gently. The little child was ignorant but well-behaved.
Granny Guo's eyes were red. "Grandma, it's okay. I still have to raise you up and make you strong so that you can face your parents in the future."
The gold ring can be exchanged for a lot of money, at least enough to send my grandson to high school!
On that day, many strange things like this happened in the county.
There were adults who found things they had lost for a long time, children who found a large bag of White Rabbit candy out of nowhere, and a little girl who found her favorite hairband...
Harvest Brigade.
Lu Baozhen wanted to eat White Rabbit milk candy, so she raised her hand and shouted Black Koi.
"Carp."
No one answered.
"Carp?"
Still no one answered.
Lu Baozhen had been spoiled by the Lu family and had no patience. She used her jagged nails to scratch the place where the black koi lived.
There were red marks on the scratched hands.
She seemed not to feel the pain and continued to grab, each time harder and harder, while she was shouting, "Lili, come out!"
The black koi had long since disappeared from this world, so naturally, he had no way of responding to her.
"I want you to come out! Give me White Rabbit milk candy! I also want milk powder and meat buns!!" Lu Baozhen said in a commanding tone.
She only ate half a bowl of cornmeal porridge in the evening because she wanted to eat something good.
Su Yuxian came to deliver eggs to Lu Baozhen. When he reached the door, he heard a sound coming from the house. He stopped and listened.
"Lili, if you don't come out, I won't go looking for big brother and second brother." Lu Baozhen seemed to be talking to someone and looked very unhappy.
Through the crack in the door, Su Yuxian caught a glimpse of what was happening inside the room.
The little burden sat on the edge of the bed, his legs dangling, staring down at his hands, scratching them hard with his other hand, and mumbling something to himself.
All of a sudden, Su Yuxian remembered what he had seen before... Lu Baozhen's changed face, his eyes were so dark without a trace of light, and his face had a strange expression. He didn't look like a normal child at all.
Her heart suddenly sank, and a chill quickly spread from the soles of her feet to her entire body.
No, I have to calm down!
Su Yuxian peeled the eggshell and stuffed the whole egg, including the egg white and yolk, into his mouth.
Chew it a few times and swallow it.
Afraid of being haunted by the little ghost, I didn't dare to go in and left quietly.
There is no sun now!
At this point, the two people who were a loving mother and a filial daughter in the original book did not even have time to develop feelings for each other and began to hate each other.
Seeing that the light in her granddaughter's room was still on, Mother Lu came out in her straw sandals to check.
When he entered the room, he saw that Baozhen's hands were covered with scratches and some places were bleeding.
"Ouch! Baozhen, what are you doing?" Mother Lu grabbed her granddaughter's hand and quickly treated her wound, her face full of heartache, "Why is your hand like this? Where is your stepmother?"
"I don't know." Lu Baozhen replied.
She raised her head and looked at Mother Lu in despair, "Grandma, Lili is ignoring me."
It was unknown what Mother Lu was thinking of. She let go of Lu Baozhen's hand, took two steps back, looked evasive, and didn't even dare to look at her granddaughter.
She forced a smile, "...Really? Maybe it's asleep."
Mother Lu didn't even want to mention this monster. She was afraid of being targeted by that carp, and she wanted to live a few more years. What if the monster wanted to take away her life?
Mother Lu is an interesting person. She is reluctant to give up the benefits brought by the black koi, but she also doesn't want to deal with it from the bottom of her heart.
She was so scared that she didn't even want to mention it.
"Lili never sleeps." said Lu Baozhen.
Mother Lu's face turned pale.
Look, he doesn’t even need to sleep, if not a monster, then what is he?
"Yes, is that so."
Not wanting to bring up something unlucky so late at night, she changed the subject and asked, "Have you eaten the eggs?"
"No." Lu Baozhen swallowed her saliva hungrily. She obviously didn't like eggs very much. "I didn't see any eggs."
Mother Lu's face turned cold. She rushed out of the house, went straight to her son and daughter-in-law's room, and banged on the door.
"Su Yuxian, come out here! You're greedy for even the children's eggs, how can you not choke to death?"
Su Yuxian turned over and said nothing.
Waving the palm-leaf fan in his hand.
She married Lu Yizhou and is also a member of the Lu family. What's wrong with eating an egg! ?
My mother is right. A daughter-in-law cannot always give in, otherwise her husband's family will not treat her as a human being.
Must resist!
Her husband can't divorce her.
After Su Yuxian figured it out, she didn't care about her mother-in-law's ugly insults at all.
Mother Lu kept cursing in all kinds of ways, the most unpleasant of words, for more than half an hour. Feeling tired, she kicked the door and left cursing.
When he passed by Lu Baozhen's room, he called out to her, "Baozhen, blow out the lights and go to sleep."
He didn't even ask to boil her an egg again.
"Oh." Lu Baozhen blew out the light, but did not lie down. She sat there. The moonlight shone on her through the window. The little girl's face flickered and could not be seen clearly. She murmured softly, "Lili, I'm hungry."
The house was quiet.
The next day.
Since she didn't have to go to work, Lin Zhao slept until around nine o'clock and felt like she couldn't breathe when she woke up.
When she opened her eyes, the twins were lying on her with their legs spread out, playing with their fingers quietly.
"..."
"You're awake." Lin Zhao's voice was hoarse from just waking up, and she patted the two little kids.
"Yeah." The fourth child responded crisply.
She leaned her little head forward and gave her mother a wet kiss on the face, then grinned with a very sweet smile.
"Mom." She shouted, and buried her head in Lin Zhao's neck again, rubbing it gently, clinging tightly.
Who can bear this?
Anyway, Lin Zhao couldn't.
She sat up, held the two sweet little babies in her arms, and sucked them hard, and the twins giggled.
After the commotion, Lin Zhao put new clothes on the brother and sister and helped the children get up.
She fetched some water to wash her face, casually tied her cascading hair behind her, and tied the hair of the four cubs.
Sizi’s hair is like her mother’s. It is darker and thicker than other children of the same age in the village. Its hair is fine and soft. You can tell she is a cute little girl just by looking at her hair.
Lin Zhao combed her hair, separated the top layer, and tied it into a half ponytail with a medium-sized red bow. The not-so-smooth bangs and the bob made her look doubly cute.
"it's beautiful."
The little elf could hear the compliment, and smiled innocently and said in a soft voice, "Mother, you are so pretty."
The eldest and second cubs came back on time.
The two brothers were sweating from playing.
The fourth cub wanted to show off his hair to his two brothers, so he ran over unsteadily. When he smelled a bad odor, his cute and delicate nose wrinkled, and he turned a corner and ran away.
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