The dirty little boy hesitated for a moment, lowered his head, and said, "Thank you," like a mosquito. After that, he didn't care whether it was hot or not, and started to eat the bowl. It might take Dongdong ten minutes to finish a bowl of spicy soup, but it took the little boy less than a minute. The boy
wiped it with his sleeve, put the bowl on the table, looked at An An deeply, and ran away like a gust of wind.
An An was stunned for a moment, and she laughed, "This kid is shy."
Huang Zhenzhen, who was next to him, watched from beginning to end, snorted coldly, twisted her butt, and left the spicy soup shop in a hurry.
This little boy is called Jiang Jiang, and he lives in the staff building in the textile factory. It stands to reason that people who work in the textile factory should not be so thin. It is really a layer of skin covering the bones inside. An An dares to say that even in the poorest families in their countryside, children would not be so thin due to hunger.
But Jiang Jiang's body is the most obvious manifestation. Jiang Jiang's father fell into the machine in the workshop while working a few years ago. When he was rescued, there was not a piece of good meat on his body. This can be regarded as a major accident that shocked Taisong County a few years ago.
Therefore, the textile factory not only compensated Jiang Jiang with a large sum of money, but also gave him a house of about 60 square meters and a job quota. When Jiang Jiang grew up, he could directly go to work in the textile factory. This was considered a good compensation.
But the complaint was that Jiang Jiang did not meet a competent mother, or in other words, Jiang Jiang's mother was a typical brother-supporting demon in this era, or more precisely, a mother-supporting demon. Since she received the house as compensation from the textile factory, Jiang Jiang's mother, Li Zhaodi, moved all her family members who lived in the rural area in the mountain valley to the city.
In this day and age, every rural family has more than a dozen people. All of them live in this small house. Li Zhaodi took up the position that belonged to Jiang Jiang. She also used the compensation money to buy a job.
She got her eldest brother, the only child of the Li family, to work there. It cost a lot of money. She had to support the whole family by herself, which was not easy. In addition, her brothers and sisters had children. The elders taught them well. They said that when Jiang Jiang grew up, they would all go back to the countryside. Jiang Jiang became a thorn in everyone's heart. All the children were hostile to him.
His life was not easy. Logically, this was his home, and he shouldn't be so hungry. However, with so many children playing tricks on him, Jiang Jiang's reputation became bad and he became a well-known thief. As for why Li Zhaodi didn't do anything? She couldn't do anything. It was not easy for her to raise a large family in the city. Every time there was a bite of food, everyone would rush to eat it. If she said anything to leave some for Jiang Jiang, her brothers and sisters-in-law would skin her alive, saying that she only cared about the life and death of her own children and didn't care about the life and death of her beloved nephew.
In addition, there was pressure from the old lady above. Every time Li Zhaodi wanted to intervene, the whole family was in a mess. She was exhausted. In order to maintain the good reputation of her mother's family, she could only let Jiang Jiang down. Later, Li Zhaodi completely compromised and turned a blind eye. As long as Jiang Jiang had a bite of food to eat and didn't starve to death, it was fine.
In fact, Jiang Jiang couldn't even eat a bite of food. It was all taken away by his cousins. He hadn't eaten for two days since he came to An'an. He had a full meal on New Year's Eve, and in the following days, every time he got corn flour buns, they were secretly taken away.
Although An An didn't know Jiang Jiang's background, it was not difficult to guess that he had a hard life. After Jiang Jiang left, the whole table fell silent. A familiar aunt sighed, "An An! I know you have good intentions, but Jiang Jiang is an ungrateful person and a thief. Leave him alone next time, or he will bite you back."
An An looked at her father and raised her eyebrows, curiously, "Aunt, why?"
The aunt said slowly, "We are all neighbors. Jiang Jiang is not having a good life, and everyone sees it and is willing to help. Don't you think it's strange? Whenever a neighbor gives this child something to eat or use, his house will be robbed the next day. Although what was stolen is not valuable, everyone is really kind. There is a thorn in the heart, and over time, everyone gradually distanced themselves from this child."
Speaking of this, the auntie was a little scared, "An An! You must lock the door at home these few days, otherwise you won't know if it is robbed." This was a bit magical, and An An's eyes flashed, "Thank you, auntie."
After that, they gave the side dishes they had served to the auntie, as a favor from the auntie. The reward for solving the mystery was accepted by the aunt with great joy. The side dishes in An An's family were much better than this. Even Gu Weiqiang and Dongdong were addicted to the side dishes in An An's supermarket. They did not touch the side dishes sent by the chef, but for the aunt, this was a good thing. If they could not finish it, they could take it back and eat it with porridge. It was the best.
Gu Weiqiang looked at his daughter's clever look. He tapped his daughter's forehead and said to An An and Dongdong, "Eat quickly, so we can go back after eating." He brought the children to try something new. He had made dumplings at home yesterday, and he would eat some more when he went back. After all, dumplings were indispensable during the Chinese New Year.
After leaving the spicy soup shop, An An thought about what her aunt had said before and decided to go back home and make some arrangements. Although she didn't believe that a child with such clear eyes was a thief, it didn't prevent her from taking precautions.
Unexpectedly, just as she walked into the yard, her third uncle Gu Weimin rode a bicycle and hurriedly rushed to the staff building from outside. The two groups happened to meet them. When he saw An An and the others, Gu Weimin suddenly pressed the bell and jumped off the bicycle. He kicked his hind legs and his foot was kicked off. After he stopped, he trotted to Gu Weimin and said, "Fourth brother, something happened at home."
An An stopped and pricked up her ears. As for Gu Weiqiang, his expression was indifferent. He no longer had the worry he had before. He asked calmly, "What's the matter?", as if he was asking about the weather today. That indifferent tone made Gu Weimin's heart skip a beat. He looked at the people watching around him and sighed, "Let's talk inside. This is not the place to talk."
After they entered the house and closed the door, Gu Weimin said anxiously, "Second brother, he's dead!" These four short words were like a bomb, which made everyone very tired.
Gu Weiqiang was full of surprise, "What happened?" He no longer had the indifference he had before. After all, the dead are the greatest. The grudge between him and the second brother Gu Weiqiang was written off after his death.
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