Bright Spring

She couldn't sweep with one hand, so she had to hold the broom with both hands. The blood from her just injured finger hadn't stopped, and the grass handle was soon stained red.Du Qianrui was in tears, and no one could complain... After she returned home, she only did some light work, and she couldn't do it well, so who else could be blamed?

I thought it was bad enough to be humiliated all the time for being a laughing and performing artist in Fuleyuan.Only now did she realize that she was not used to living at home, and it seemed to be quite good to work in a cheap job in the capital, and she didn't have to sell herself.

...Perhaps, the good days in the capital should be cherished in the first place.After all, not all women can enter Jiaofang Division and Fuleyuan to be musicians.

Just like my mother, she used to be a boat girl... selling herself on a dilapidated black-covered boat.He was also humiliated, had to pick up customers, and couldn't afford the price.

Because the mother was a boat mother, she got married in her 20s and gave birth to their siblings one after another.The married man was a prostitute who patronized her business many times, and later became Du Qianrui's father.

It's also a cheap job, what is the life of the mother now?Just in his early forties and looks like someone in his 60s.But the mother can't do anything about it. Some of their sisters are not married, and they are still receiving guests to survive.It's even worse when you're old, and sometimes you even pick up old men who pay a few pennies a time.

Du Qianrui looked at her mother's end, fantasizing that she was still in Fuleyuan in the capital, and she thought, she might not be much better than her mother in a few years.Hue is a matter of people, what is left when a person is old?What kind of talent, what's the use without a good skin?To live a better life, save some money, learn some human skills, I guess I can live like a bustard in Fuleyuan.

At this moment, she saw that the dogwood beside the courtyard dam had sprouted.Although the little red fruit hadn't grown yet, Du Qianrui stood there and stared blankly for a long time.

...dogwood?Is it the kind of dwarf tree with many small red fruits?

A voice in my head said.The tone of each word, the tone of speech, seemed to be in her ears, as if she had just whispered in her ears.

Du Qianrui even remembered the spotless white silk lining under the bronze neck.And the thoughtful eyes, quiet but sharp.

At this moment, there was a metal knocking sound outside the bamboo grove, and then someone shouted: "Bee sugar, handkerchief, hairpin... Ding Dang!"

Du Qianrui froze there, casting her eyes from the deep bamboo forest path, as if passing through a corridor of time, returning to her childhood many years ago, at the age when she thought that there was everything in the salesman's burden, and thought that there was a The funny anticipation of the salesman taking her away.

...Your thinking at that time was indeed a little immature, and the salesman might not be able to help you.

said the voice again.

A wry smile suddenly appeared on Du Qianrui's face, with tears still hanging from the corners of his eyes.

Why?It didn't take long from the acquaintance to the parting, but his shadow was deeply imprinted in Du Qianrui's heart, and I'm afraid he would never forget it for the rest of his life.The reason may be that he gave Du Qianrui hope. If there is no hope, how can he be so disappointed?

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When night fell, there was a barking of dogs outside and the faint voice of people.Soon my mother knocked on Du Qianrui's door in the main room, "Come out, Father Nong is back!"

Du Qianrui had no choice but to open the door latch, and with the help of an oil lamp the size of a bean, she saw her father bring a strange fat man back.The fat man was wearing a robe and a scarf cap. He was estimated to be over 50 or [-] years old, and the fat on his face had drooped a little.When the fat man heard the sound of the door, he immediately turned his head and looked straight at him!

As soon as you arrive at someone's house, you stare at his family members. This person is also completely rude.But what kind of decent person can a person like father get?

Du Qianrui was about to close the door, but his father was annoyed immediately, and slapped the shabby square table with a "bang", "No discipline! Won't you come out to salute?"

Du Qianrui looked helpless, but at home, how could he disobey his father?She had to come out very slowly and reluctantly.

"This is shopkeeper Li." Dad pointed to the fat man next to him and said with a smile on his face.

The fat man also laughed "hehe", and even wiped his saliva with his sleeve!Seeing this, Du Qianrui felt nauseated and almost retched.

Seeing that the smile on her father's face disappeared suddenly, she was frowning and giving herself a wink.Du Qianrui had no choice but to bend her knees slightly and said, "I met shopkeeper Li. It's getting late, so I can't meet guests, please forgive me."

"Yo! Yoho!" Shopkeeper Li looked very excited, "Beijing mandarin! Yes, Lao Du, you girl can stand on the stage. I like it very much, let's make a price."

"What?" Du Qianrui just wanted to turn around and go back to the room, but immediately stood still again. She turned around, her body trembling slightly, and her face suddenly turned pale, "Father, are you going to betray me a second time?"

Shopkeeper Li didn't wait for Lao Du to open his mouth, and immediately said quickly, "Miss Du! You must be self-aware, and your father is also for your own good. Where do you want to marry? If you have some muddy legs in the countryside, go to I will be like your mother in the end! Going back to be a prostitute will not last long."

"I'm not a prostitute!" Du Qianrui said angrily.

In front of his father, he despises his mother's poor life, and insults her as a prostitute indiscriminately... But his face is expressionless.Du Qianrui suddenly felt that even if he endured his disgust and followed the shopkeeper Li, he would not have a good life!

Old Du's voice said: "The shopkeeper Li runs a pawn shop, and my sister will be his concubine, eating delicious food and spicy food. I don't think so."

It's no wonder that Dad knew him. Anything with a little value was probably pawned in Shopkeeper Li's shop.

Shopkeeper Li immediately took over the conversation, "My sister's things are all in the hungry shop. Come with me, and I will return those things to you."

Du Qianrui exhaled secretly, "I'm a bit cold, I can't hold it anymore, let me go back to my room and rest."

"Fengchi needs to take medicine!" Shopkeeper Li said seriously.

"That's all!" Lao Du said, "Nong go into the house."

Du Qianrui immediately hid in the bedroom separated by a wall, and quickly bolted the door.

Dad yelled outside, "Ma'am, I don't even have any water, bring me some water!"

Then there was the voice of mother "grumbling". She didn't dare to speak too loudly, so she couldn't hear clearly through the wall.After a while, my father's angry scolding came, "I'm hungry and find a good home for my sister! You're so big, what are you doing to support the family?"

Then came the mother's indistinct voice.Father said again: "I know, how much is it for plowing the fields? Isn't Hungry thinking about it? Shopkeeper Li gave the money, Hungry paid off the debt, and how many people are left to hire someone."

Du Qianrui threw herself on the rough quilt, covered her head in it, and couldn't help crying.In order not to be heard, she covered it tightly.Soon she couldn't breathe, so she had to hold back her crying and opened the quilt to breathe.

She sat on the edge of the bed blankly, surrounded by darkness.This kind of nightmare day is day after day... She seems to have always been unlucky, but after being sold this time, such days seem to have no end.Mobile users please browse and read,

Chapter 97 Familiar yet Strange

The room was dim, and only the moonlight shining in from a small window allowed people to discern the position of the bed.This wooden bed has been there for an unknown number of years. It was there before Du Qianrui was sold.Now as long as people move a little on it, there will be "several rattling" sounds, as if it may fall apart at any time, but it hasn't fallen apart yet.

In front of that small window, Du Qianrui had been studying female celebrities there since she was a child.I have a deep impression in my memory, but it feels a little small, and the window is not too bright in broad daylight, making my eyes uncomfortable.Looking at it now, it looks smaller...maybe I've seen bigger windows outside.

If it is daytime, you can see that there are many cracks in the exposed brown-yellow earth wall.Many years ago, Du Qianrui was worried that the wall would collapse, but it is still fine until now.

Everything is so familiar, after all, the place I saw when I was born.No matter how bad it is here, Du Qianrui has a sense of intimacy, and the little memories from many years ago have found a matching point here.Although those may be unpleasant memories.

Everything is so strange that now Du Qianrui doesn't know how he can survive here.

She seems to have the feeling of returning to the beginning when the prosperity has come to an end.It seems that there is no going back.

In the main room outside the room, the parents seem to have some disputes.I couldn't hear what my mother said, but I heard my father repeatedly emphasizing: "There are debts outside, you have to chop your hands and stomp your feet!"

After a while, shopkeeper Li's voice actually said: "Nong Rang is hungry to sleep in tonight, and I will give you the money right away."

Du Qianrui hugged the quilt tightly, afraid that his father would agree to it!Fuleyuan did have prostitutes who specialize in picking up customers, and they couldn't just pick customers. They might have gotten used to it, but Du Qianrui really couldn't stand it.

The scariest thing in this world is being betrayed by parents, even the government won't intervene.When she first came back, Du Qianrui wanted to run out again, but she still couldn't take the first step... In this world, if a woman has no relatives and no reason, there are only two ways in the end, either she becomes a "boat lady" to pick up passengers, or she is raped. Selling it to some remote place to give birth to a baby, maybe it would be better to follow the shopkeeper Li, let alone at home.It's useless to have money, don't you think about how long it will last, a single woman will always be targeted.

Du Qianrui's father's voice said: "It's not possible, it's a taboo. The eldest sister doesn't nod, there is movement in the night, so where can I raise my head in front of relatives and friends?"

Then it seems to be negotiating the price.

Du Qianrui lingered for a long time, finally broke the thread sewn to the lining, and took out the jade bracelet.She held the bracelet up to the moonlight in the small window, and took one last look.

"Crack!" The door opened.Under the dim oil lamp, all three of them turned their heads.

Du Qianrui picked up the jade bracelet, "Father, you promise not to sell me, just use this to pay off the debt. The bracelet is probably worth more than me, and the copper coins are worth a hundred guan!"

"One hundred guan...copper coins?" Her father's eyes lit up immediately, and he walked over in three steps at a time.