So you're not really happy

Chapter 2 Survival

It was still dark, and in the old alley, every household began to light the lamps, the women did the chores, and the children returned from school. Although the place is poor and backward, life still has to go on.

Ten-year-old Wei Ling was walking in the narrow alley, keeping his head down and carefully avoiding puddles. It had just snowed a few days ago, and after it melted, he got into the mud, making the muddy road even more difficult to walk on. The child laughed and ran over, stepped into the mud puddle, splashed muddy water, and suffered a lot of people on the side of the road.

There was a familiar smell of oily smoke in his nostrils, mixed with the smell of philistinism and poverty. Wei Ling's trousers seemed to be unraveled, dragging on the ground, so black that he couldn't see the original shape, and one of the ill-fitting shoes had no laces. The other one was bound by the mother with a rag bag cut into ropes, but it couldn't stop the cold wind from sneaking up from the trouser legs, and came into close contact with the skin. Wei Ling immediately shuddered from the cold, and stretched out a pair of gray Qiu's little hand hurriedly hugged the schoolbag behind her, and ran towards the house as if flying.

Wei Ling had a sad face. Today's school final exam, the teacher finally reminded him not to default on tuition fees for the next semester, otherwise he will not go to school, but Wei Ling has not yet paid the tuition fees for this semester.

Wei Ling stopped at the door of a slightly dilapidated courtyard. The door was unlocked. Wei Ling pushed it lightly and entered. Looking carefully, the inside of the courtyard was even more dilapidated, with plastic bottles and cans lying here and there everywhere.

Wei Ling didn't see her mother, so she went to her mother's and stepfather's house. Her stepfather came back late every day. He was a gambler, addicted to drinking, and had a bad temper. He was merciless when he beat them up. Wei Ling was very afraid of him.

There was no one in this room, Wei Ling wondered, where did mother go?

At this time, she heard a noise outside the door, and a thick male voice. Wei Ling thought, it must be the stepfather who came back!Can't help but change his face, look towards the door, now it's too late to run outside, Wei Ling turned around, looked around, then bent over and crawled under the bed.

There were some sundries under the bed, it was very dark, but Wei Ling was small, so she could naturally accommodate her. Hearing the sound of footsteps, Wei Ling quickly covered his mouth to keep himself from making a sound.

The broken windows in the room leaked air, and the cold wind whimpered into the room, whirring and whirling, until the calendar on the wall shook from side to side, and even the bed shook together.

Wei Ling covered his face with one hand, covered his ears with the other, lying on the ground in fear, but the male and female voices on the bed were still heard in his ears, sticky panting, mixed with the sound of bumping and shouting, Wei Ling knew that the female voice belonged to his mother , that man is not a stepfather, but she doesn't know who it is.

The bed shook for a while, Wei Ling covered his face with sweat, and the dust on the ground stuck to his face, making him uncomfortable. Suddenly, a mouse broke into Wei Ling's sight. Looking at Wei Ling, Wei Ling trembled in fright, and looked straight at the mice, not knowing what to do, one mouse and one person, just looking at each other quietly, no one dared to move first.

Wei Ling felt the sweat on her forehead trickle down her neck, and continued to trickle down, making her whole body itchy.

When the bed finally came to a stop, Wei Ling finally couldn't hold on any longer, wiped the sweat off his face, and then supported the ground with his other hand. The mouse saw the timing and ran away.

After a while of chattering, Wei Ling heard her mother's voice: "That's a lot! Didn't you say to add a little more?"

"Don't pull it down, you still want to bargain after being a bitch!" The thick male voice sounded.

Wei Ling did not hear her mother speak again.

After a while, Wei Ling noticed that the footsteps were gradually going away, and then she quietly crawled out from under the bed. The window was still pouring wind into the room, and when it hit Wei Ling, she trembled again. But it was scary.

The stepfather and her mother installed a ceiling fan in this room. Wei Ling looked up and saw the mouse on the ceiling fan again. It quickly penetrated into the cracks in the roof and disappeared, leaving behind the slightly shaking ceiling fan. The ceiling fan has not been used for several years. Washing, in Wei Ling's memory, even the dark yellow color has not changed, and a thick layer of dust has accumulated on it, which is falling down.

At dinner in the evening, Wei Ling looked at the dishes and had no appetite. Her mother patted her head and said, "What's wrong?"

Wei Ling shook his head.

Her mother scooped her up a sip of soup and asked, "What was taught at school today?"

Wei Ling hesitated for a moment, and whispered: "We have an exam today, and the teacher said that we must pay the tuition fees, so we won't be in arrears."

Wei Ling's mother seemed to guess the reason for Wei Ling's gloom. She sighed and said to Wei Ling, "It's okay. Mom has money. After the Chinese New Year, we'll pay everything we owe."

Wei Ling nodded slightly before picking up his rice bowl to eat.

At this moment, Wei Ling was startled when he heard the door slam. This time it was his stepfather who had returned.

A drunken man staggered in and saw two people in the room eating, he couldn't help being angry, kicked over the dining table, and cursed: "Damn woman, dare to eat, you eat at home, I drink northwest wind outside." !"

Wei Ling hugged her mother's waist tightly, and the two sat together in the corner. They knew that this man had gone to gamble again and lost.

The man exuded the smell of alcohol, his face was ferocious, and his appearance was even more menacing. Wei Ling didn't dare to look at him, and kept hiding in his mother's arms.

When that person caught a glimpse of Wei Ling, he became even more furious. He pulled Wei Ling out of her mother's arms, threw him aside, and said bitterly, "Stinky girl, I'm supporting you every day, you're a loser."

Wei Ling's mother stepped forward and hugged her husband's leg, and hurriedly said: "If you want to beat you and me, why are you beating the child!"

The man kicked her to the ground and said, "I can hit whoever I want, you can control me!" He said and walked towards Wei Ling.

With Wei Lingjing's flick, she was dizzy and dizzy. She wanted to vomit, but her stomach was empty and there was nothing. Before she could react, she was kicked by her stepfather again. In her ears was the rough voice of her stepfather: "I've raised you for nothing. Useless things!"

Wei Ling's mother crawled over and hugged her husband's leg tightly, but her husband grabbed his hair with a backhand. The man said angrily, "You too, I have to teach you a lesson today!"

After finishing speaking, he slapped Wei Ling's mother so that the nosebleeds could not be stopped, but the man didn't let go, and kicked the woman directly. The woman screamed in pain, and Wei Ling got up beside him. , threw herself on her stepfather's arm and bit her hard, and was immediately thrown away by her stepfather. Before she could react, she saw her stepfather walking towards her. The stepfather lifted her up and said angrily, "If you dare to bite me, I will kill you tomorrow!" sold you!"

Wei Ling felt that she was lifted up, and then her neck was caught. She closed her eyes, had difficulty breathing, and kept kicking her legs.

The stepfather's voice came from next to my ear: "Smelly girl, I must beat you to death today!"

Wei Ling closed his eyes gently, waiting for a bloody storm.

With a "bang", Wei Ling let go of her stepfather's hand, and Wei Ling fell to the ground, breathing smoothly for a while. She opened her eyes and turned to see her stepfather lying on the side with wide-eyed eyes. Wei Ling saw her mother standing aside in a daze, holding a brick in her hand, her face pale.

Wei Ling's mother let go of her hand suddenly, and the brick hit the ground and fell in two, with a little blood on it, she suddenly recovered, and immediately hugged Wei Ling, Wei Ling asked: "Mom, what's wrong with him? "

Wei Ling's mother trembled her lips, and hurriedly said: "It's okay, don't worry about him." As she spoke, she pulled Wei Ling into the room, took out a ball of money from the cabinet tremblingly, and stuffed it into Wei Ling. In his hands, he packed Wei Ling's clothes again, and said as he cleaned up, "You can't stay here anymore, you should hurry up and find the person in the photo, here is your birth certificate, be sure to take it, bring the money, Don't come back." She spread out a crumpled photo and placed it in front of Wei Ling.

The man in the photo was dressed in suits and leather shoes, neatly dressed, which was out of tune with this dilapidated house.

Wei Ling hurriedly said: "Why? I want to go with you, not this person."

Wei Ling knew the person in the photo. She had a serious illness that year. Her mother went to beg that person. It was very cold in the ice and snow. The person refused with an indifferent expression. Even colder, he threatened to sue them The mother had no choice but to marry her stepfather, relying on the meager dowry money to treat her illness, the stepfather beat the mother severely when he found out.

Wei Ling's mother hugged Wei Ling's shoulders and said, "You are obedient. This family is a big family. He is your father. He will not want you. If you find him, you must be obedient and obedient. Don't let him dislike you."

Wei Ling cried out immediately: "I don't want it, I want to be with you, okay?"

"Crack!" A palm print appeared on Wei Ling's face, and she tried her best to hold back her crying, looking at her mother with tears in her eyes.

"Follow me! What's the point of following me!" Wei Ling seemed very angry when he heard his mother's hoarse voice.

Wei Ling's mother was very reluctant, but she had no choice but to order: "Remember, you must find this address, and don't mention me. If you ask, just say that I have left you. You must find a way to stay in that house, mother." I can't accompany you, you have to grow up!" At the end, Wei Ling's mother's voice was choked up, unable to speak, she hugged Wei Ling in her arms and kissed her daughter's dirty forehead.

Wei Ling was startled and frightened at this moment. He hadn't reacted from the scene just now, but felt as if he could no longer live with his mother forever, and he could only murmur: "Mom..."