wooden words

In March in Yangchun, catkins flutter, and the bright sunlight adds a lazy atmosphere to Jiangcheng.Most of the poor families lived on the south bank of the river. They went to work in the factories on the opposite bank to earn a living. At night, they dragged their exhausted bodies away from the north bank where the singing and dancing were flourishing.

Where there are people, there will naturally be strong and weak. Bullying the weak and bullying men and women have never been the characteristics of the rich and powerful. Even in a place like Nan'an, which is sad and sad, and ghosts don't want to visit, there is no lack of domineering casinos, Taverns and brothels.Small people have the living habits of small people. We have seen a lot of them on weekdays, and our hearts are as cold as a block of ice. Just like now, a child with dirty clothes and tattered clothes is forcibly raped by a middle-aged man with a full face. When it was dragged to the secret door behind the alley, there were many onlookers, all pointing and pointing. The child was crying hoarsely, but no one stepped forward to help.

"That seems to be the child of Miss Li from the Beauty Hall." A half-grown young man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks said while touching his chin.

"It seems to be," another man next to him with a shy belly answered, "It's so pitiful, my mother died just now, and then she was sold to a brothel." This man also said something worried.

The young man glanced at him, recognized his neighbor diagonally across the door, and said with a half-smile: "So it's Brother Zhao, I said his voice is so familiar," and then said in a low voice, "Hey, I said, I have seen you go to Miss Li's place a few years ago, maybe this child is still your seed, why, seeing her mother died, don't you plan to take this child home?"

The man was not happy when he heard this, and said a little angrily: "Brother Wu, what did you say? Let my family hear it, and you will inevitably quarrel with me again. Please invite Wu to spread rumors about this red mouth and white teeth." Brother, don't act according to your will!" After finishing speaking, he turned and left.The remaining young man muttered on the spot: "Hey, you're still pretending to be an upright gentleman. No one in the neighborhood knows about your past nonsense. Besides, that kid looks like a juicy kid, just like a real person." A beauty, with a look that even a dog of yours dislikes, it's a hell of a child to be able to give birth to such a beautiful child!"

He was still cursing there, when he heard a pig-killing scream from the alley: "Ah~ah~ah~" Then the child rushed out of the alley and plunged into another path.Before the onlookers could react, they saw the middle-aged man with a face full of flesh running to the entrance of the alley with his teeth bared, covering his bleeding right hand with one hand, looking left and right, but seeing no figure of the child, he froze again angrily. After going back, he hurriedly called out all the subordinates in the yard: "Everyone is dead, everyone has run away, don't hurry to chase, go!"

The child has little strength, but she is quite familiar with the alleys that turn left and right, so she quickly got rid of her pursuers. It was early morning loading and unloading time, and there were not many people at the pier, and a gorgeous cruise ship that obviously did not belong here unexpectedly floated beside several moored old steamships.

At this moment, the child was leaning against the wall of an old warehouse not far from the pier, panting heavily, with her ears pricked up, paying attention to the movement around her. After a while, she felt that she was probably safe, and then slowly walked along the wall. The body slid down, and sat on the ground with his buttocks, his eyes were red, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Suddenly, a roar came from not far away: "Damn girl Pianzi, it's here, come here!" She raised her head suddenly, looking at the source of the sound with horror on her face.Those people came after her, and the alarm bells were ringing in her mind, what should I do?There are warehouses on the left and right, they are in front, and there is only one river behind, jump!She didn't care about the consequences, anyway, her mother had already left, so she didn't have any worries.Before those people surrounded her, she turned around without hesitation and headed straight for the river.

With a "boom", water splashed everywhere.

"Grandma, this little girl's film is quite bloody, she really dares to jump down!" The man saw her jumping into the river, and he was going to let go. Anyway, he didn't buy it with money, so he wouldn't lose money.Just as he was about to greet his subordinates and go back, he heard a young man beside him exclaim: "Sixth Brother, look, that little girl can actually swim." He took a closer look, didn't he?It was just spring, and although the river was a bit cold, it was not rushing. Not far from the shore, a small black figure floated up and down, paddling to the side.

"Damn it," the man cursed again, "what are you still doing, go catch her back!"

The child is good at swimming, and they swam quite a distance between words, and following the direction of the current, she swam closer and closer to the cruise ship that was unattractive at first glance.

The young man beside him glanced at the child and the cruise ship, and said hesitantly, "Sixth brother, she is almost swimming to that cruise ship. I don't know what the origin of this cruise ship is. I'm afraid we can't afford to mess with it."

The person he called "Sixth Brother" stared at him and roared, "What are you afraid of? Even if she swims there, can she make it there?" Seeing that the child just swam to the side of the cruise ship, she paused for a few seconds, and suddenly looked back. Although it was a distance away, the man felt a chill on his back. After a while, he saw the child's position again, The rope that hangs the anchor is hanging, and the child clings to the rope, trying to climb up. There is no one on the cruise ship at the moment, so there is no one to stop the child for a while.

"Little bastard, I'm going to fight with you today! Follow me!" The man said and waved his big hand, and a group of people walked towards the cruise ship aggressively.

The rope is wrapped with a ring of iron, which is not easy to climb. The sun shines for a long time, and the rope is very hot. The child's hands are already red, as if he is about to see blood, and his body is gradually exhausted due to soaking in the river for a long time. But she still clings to the rope and uses all her strength to climb upwards, as if she is not trying to get on a cruise ship, but trying to climb to heaven without pain and pain.

Finally, when she was about to use up her last ounce of strength, she suddenly felt a force coming from above the rope to bring her up. The sun was in the sky, and she tried to open her eyes wide to see the person who helped her. But this person's face was hidden in the light and shadow, and it was very blurry. For a moment, she felt that this person was the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva that her mother had said was the one who saved the suffering.

"Don't let go, use your strength, I'll pull you up." The man's voice was really nice, she thought to herself.

The two worked together and finally pulled her onto the cruise ship. "Ouch" the last force was a little too strong, they both fell backwards, the child hit the floor heavily, as if he had been knocked out, there was no reaction for a while, only his eyes were wide open, but the eyes And no focus.

"Hey, hey, hey", the people around him stood up early, seeing that the child hadn't moved for a long time, they thought she had been injured, so they squatted down and patted her, "Where did you get hurt? Why didn't you move? It hurts from the fall Is it right? I'll ask Dad to find a doctor for you."

The child came back to his senses under her gentle pats and repeated inquiries. The person in front of him was twelve or thirteen years old, with a head of jet-black hair simply tied up in a bun, and the rest of it was casually loose, a bit disobedient Her hair is furtively curled, looking elegant and clear. At this moment, she is frowning tightly, her eyes are full of worry, her small mouth is slightly pouted, she is wearing a light blue French dress, and the delicate lace at the bottom of the skirt is swaying in the breeze, which complements the The whole person is very agile.The child's eyes were good, and when she saw that she was covered with a little bit of mud because she helped herself, she immediately felt that she had insulted this beautiful sister. She moved slightly to the side, and then slowly sat up with her head supported.

Seeing her holding her head, the girl subconsciously bit her lips, thinking that she had hurt her head, so she reached out to touch her.The child didn't notice the movements of the people around him, and kept his head down, wondering what he was thinking. Suddenly, he felt that the hand touching his head was surrounded by a soft, slippery hand, as tender as a boiled egg with its shell peeled off.

"Does it hurt here?" The child heard her ask softly, "I'll ask Dad to find a doctor for you, okay?" The child shrank his head and withdrew from the girl's hand. Then he smiled again: "Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you, you just fell straight on the floor, you must have hurt, let's go to the doctor to check you up?"

The child seemed to have never heard of it, and did not answer, the whole person was not angry, and did not move at all. The girl was not annoyed when she saw this, and she did not give up trying to persuade her, when she heard a noise from the cruise ship.

"Stop, what are you doing, do you know whose cruise ship this is? You don't even have long eyes, but you dare to rush into it, and you're going to die?!" A few strong young men were guarding the cruise ship. Pulling up his spirits, he said with a secret smile in his heart, where the sightless things come from, the cruise ship in Gu's mansion dares to break into it, it's really too much life.Seeing this group of people walking straight towards the cruise ship, about ten meters away from them, they made a noise, thinking of quickly solving this group of things, so as not to disturb the nobles on the cruise ship.

"What are you doing? My child ran onto your ship. We are going to find her." The leader was the middle-aged man called "Sixth Brother" just now. He saw the child climbed onto the cruise ship, and his teeth were itchy with anger. Immediately caught her and served her with a whip, beat her so that she never dared to run away, and didn't take these guards seriously, he considered himself a tyrant in this area, and he didn't care if he thought of arresting people Not so much anymore.

The young people laughed out loud when they heard this, "Your children can run up to it, and we are blind? If you don't know whose boat it is, don't make up your mind, get out of here, or it will fall down later. Don't blame us for not reminding you!"

"Don't care about my father's boat, I'm still going to catch people today!" The middle-aged man immediately asked his brothers to go aboard.

At this moment, a crisp voice came from the boat: "Oh, it's really lively here." The voice was not loud, but both parties could hear it clearly. The overhanging, extravagant girl was lying on the railing and looking at them with a smile.

It turned out that when they had just quarreled, the girl found that the child was embracing her tightly, her body trembling uncontrollably, her head buried in her arms, as if she was avoiding something.

"Are they here for you?"

The child did not answer, but the situation was already obvious.

"Who are they?"

The child still didn't answer, his body was stiff as if he was isolated from the outside world.

The girl sighed and asked again: "You don't want to go with them, do you?"

This time the child responded, she nodded, and then returned to that appearance.

"Don't be afraid, they are bad people as soon as they hear it, I won't let them take you away, don't worry."

The girl had been observing the child's reaction from the very beginning. Although she tried her best to pretend to be calm, her frail appearance seemed to disappear from the world the next moment.The clothes on the child were tattered, and the exposed parts were also dirty. According to the living habits of girls in the past, she definitely had never come into contact with such a little person like a mud monkey.In fact, the girl didn't realize that the little girl was climbing up from the water at the beginning, she was just lying on a wide chair enjoying the warm sunbathing, until something hit the hull and made a "pop" sound, she Then I looked down curiously, and the child happened to be looking up at that time, but she was surrounded by halos, and the child did not notice her. Then she saw a pair of big round eyes trying to keep them open, black and white were distinct, and there seemed to be a clear spring in the eyes. The second time she saw the child's face flushed because of climbing hard, the red face was very similar to her favorite The big apples grown in the Central Plains of the United States are eaten.She felt as if she was bewildered by these eyes and this face, so she tried to pull the girl up without any hesitation.

At this moment, seeing the pitiful appearance, the girl felt even more distressed. She didn't care what the child had to do with this group of people, she only thought about keeping the child.

So after she finished speaking, she got up and walked towards the exit of the cruise ship. She didn't see that the moment she turned around, the child raised his head, his eyes full of expectation.

"Miss," the young people immediately stood up straight when they saw their own lady, and greeted respectfully, "I'm really sorry for disturbing you, but we'll get rid of this group of people right now." Pointing the gun at these blind guys.This group of people felt a little timid when they saw the gun, but seeing their "sixth brother" standing there upright, they didn't dare to act rashly, and the scene froze for a while.

"Put down the guns for me," the girl frowned, looking at the oolong in front of her with displeasure, and called out the names of the young people she remembered, "Fusheng, Dad told you to guard the cruise ship, this is how you do things What?" At such a young age, he was a little self-indulgent.

The young man who was named shook his head, remembering the Gu family's advice in his heart, but he was still scruples in his heart when he looked at the group of troublemakers, the gun in his hand moved down a few minutes, and then stopped moving.

The girl shook her head helplessly, and said with an emphatic tone: "I said, put the gun down."

Fusheng heard his young lady's toughness, and saw that the group of people did not move for a moment, so he slowly retracted the gun, and the others also lowered their guns when they saw his movement.

The girl paused, and then said to the middle-aged man, "What do you guys want to do? You can't wait, it's going to make a lot of noise here."

The middle-aged man's legs trembled when he saw the gun, but he didn't want to lose face in front of his subordinates, so he stood there. Fortunately, the man on the other side put away the gun, and he breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the girl Talking to him, she opened her mouth in a slightly more amiable tone: "The girl doesn't know something, my child got angry with us, and plunged into the river. Although she is good at water, she is young after all, and the brothers managed to get on the river. We caught sight of her, happened to see her approaching the cruise ship, and lost sight of anyone while talking, we were also terrified, fearing that something might happen to her, we wondered if this girl got on the ship in a daze, so we rushed over and wanted to take her She takes it back."

The girl sneered in her heart, she really opened her eyes and said nonsense, but there was no trace on her face, she pretended to be surprised: "Ah, how could this happen, it's too dangerous, you should look for it carefully," The middle-aged man was overjoyed when he heard this, and was about to walk towards the cruise ship when he heard the girl say, "But, my father is discussing things with Uncle Liao in the ship, if I let you in privately, they must know I’ll be angry. Why don’t you please wait for a while, and I’ll go and tell Dad when they’re done talking, the cruise ship is so big, and there aren’t many of you, so how about asking Dad to arrange some people to help you find it?”

In fact, the middle-aged man also hesitated at this time. He was dizzy from the excitement of the child just now, and he didn't care about the power of this cruise ship. Now that he calmed down for a while, he felt as if he really touched To the person who cannot move. "May I ask your father?" He still asked.

"Gu Sinian." The girl tilted her head and said playfully.

Who is this character?The middle-aged man wondered, never heard of it.

In fact, it's no wonder that he doesn't know the name of Gu Gong. Gu Sinian was only a middle-level figure in the Kuomintang, not to mention that it is the early stage of the National Revolution. Although the revolutionary army is stationed in Jiangcheng, this little commoner is busy making a living. It's too late, how can I care about the change of those in power, as long as it can benefit me, I will hug my thigh tightly. As for those who are upright and can't get any money, they don't bother to inquire about them. Such people have no real power in their hands. , the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and you are not the emperor, so don't bother.

But even though Gu Sinian couldn't shake the entire Jiangcheng with a single word, he used to follow Mr. Zhongshan to go around calling for signs. Now that Mr. Zhongshan has passed away, the power in the party has been divided by Jiang and Wang. Because of these inextricable connections, he has always kept a low profile in Jiangcheng, and behaved very modestly. Other generals, big and small, looked at Mr. Zhongshan's face, This is a little more respectful.Of course, there are people in Jiangcheng who truly regard him as a confidant, such as Liao Zhiyuan who is discussing with him on the yacht right now.If this middle-aged man knew that Liao Zhiyuan was on this yacht, he wouldn't dare to cause trouble here even if he was given ten hearts and courage.Why?Liao Zhiyuan happened to be the military chief in charge of the south bank of Jiangcheng, so it could be said that with a single word from him, these gangsters would not be able to see the sun for a second.

It was also the misfortune of these bastards. When the middle-aged man was still hesitating, he heard a thick male voice explode above his head: "What's going on?" Immediately, the whole person became a sieve for shaking chaff, and he almost fell to the ground and pretended to be dead.Of course, his reaction was not directed at Gu Sinian who spoke just now, but Liao Zhiyuan who was beside him now with a serious face.

Seeing this scene, Liao Zhiyuan felt extremely displeased. The friends of the Gu family and his favorite jewel were like his reverse scales. Anyone who touched them would only end in death, so he spoke with a venomous tone: "Who is the leader? Listen Said that you want to bring people on board to search, why, I, Liao, have been reduced to the point where kittens and dogs can act recklessly? Huh?"

When the middle-aged man heard this, he fell to his knees with a "plop" and kowtowed like garlic, "The villain deserves to die, the villain deserves to die, I didn't know that Mr. Liao came here and ran into the sir and miss. I don't know Mount Tai, and my heart is blinded by lard, and I hope that the Lord will not forget the villain's mistakes, and the villain will get out immediately, get out immediately." As he said that, he made a gesture to run, but the girl said: "Wait, just now You also said that your child has come to our boat, but now you don’t want to come looking for it?”

This man really wanted to bite off his cheap tongue just now, while smiling apologetically, he said haha: "I think my short-sighted brothers have misread it, how can the golden yachts of the nobles be like us rough people?" Is it possible to go up? My child is also a timid one. She has such a heart that she dare not dirty the precious land of the nobles. She decided to swim to the bottom holding her breath, and we will go to the lower reaches to find out."

The girl smiled slyly: "So, your child is definitely not with us, so don't use this name to search our place again in the future. At that time, you will be trespassing illegally. If I have the heart to report You, the prison in Jiangcheng is probably quite big, so there shouldn't be a bed short of you." She said innocently and threateningly.

The middle-aged man slandered, "Even if you don't mean it, killing me is like crushing an ant, "Yes, yes, if you are a lady, a villain would never dare." The girl looked at him with a half-smile, no When he answered again, he boldly glanced at Liao Zhiyuan. The other party gave him nothing but a slap in the face. He breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly ran away with his men.

"Mu Yu," Gu Sinian said in a deep voice to his daughter, who seemed docile and harmless but eccentric, seeing the group of people walking away, "Now you're going to pretend to be a tiger? Your Uncle Liao moved out to be a rescuer?"

Gu Muyu smiled "hehe", and stuck out her tongue mischievously at the two people in front of her, "Dad, you already know." She coquettishly hooked Gu Sinian's skirt with her small hands, and said, "Dad, you If I didn't see how pitiful that little sister was, if I didn't save her, he would definitely suffer if he was caught by those vicious people."

"Nowadays the world is not peaceful, and this child is not accurate in judging people. Dad is afraid that you will be harmed, so he foolishly speaks up for others." On the one hand, Gu Sinian feels that his daughter has only grown since childhood. On the other hand, I am worried that this kindness will be used by people with good intentions, and people will take advantage of it.

"No, no, that little sister is very weak, she must have suffered a lot, how could she be a bad person?" Gu Muyu kept giving her Uncle Liao winks as she spoke, Liao Zhiyuan doted on this girl very much, Immediately, she said to Gu Sinian: "Young girl Yu is a good girl who is willing to help others. Look at the rich ladies in Jiangcheng who are not pampered. How can our girl Yu be kind and sensible? You, please stop Blame her."

It's good that Gu Sinian didn't listen to him. As soon as he spoke, Gu Sinian's cannon fire turned to point at him: "You still help her to speak? It's because of your pampering that she has the confidence to show off outside , when she really causes trouble for you one day, you will know what is good or bad."

Before Liao Zhiyuan could open his mouth, Gu Muyu received: "It is said that snakes can be beaten seven inches. I moved Uncle Liao out to suppress them. I didn't act blindly. This is also a wise move. Dad, didn't you also teach me?" Do I do everything according to my ability? I came here strictly according to your orders." After she finished speaking, she patted her chest vigorously, as if to show her obedience.

Liao Zhiyuan's always stern face would only soften a little in front of the Gu family's father and daughter, just like at this time, he smiled slightly after hearing Gu Muyu's words, and said to Gu Sinian: "Young girl Yu is right, know people and make good use of them. She looks quite like a general. Well, she is also doing good deeds, so let's think of finding her a younger sister to accompany her. You and I are busy on weekdays, and Yuyatou doesn't have a favorite playmate around her. With that little sister Girl, she won't be bored all day long."

"Just spoil her, I don't care about you guys." Gu Sinian was no match for the two of them in terms of eloquence, not to mention that they cooperated closely, and shook his head helplessly, "Since you saved her, let's be good." Take care of her, put away your ghostly thoughts, and look like a big sister. You go and take someone to freshen up, and when you get to the north bank, ask the doctor to come and show her."

When Gu Muyu heard a big smile on her face, her bright appearance became even more charming. She cheerfully said to Gu Sinian: "Father, I knew you were the best." After a pause, she said to Liao Zhiyuan: "Uncle Liao , you are the best too."

"Okay, okay, let's go quickly." Gu Sinian couldn't help but said with a smile.

Gu Muyu was like a swallow flying south in search of warmth, happily flapping its wings and running away.

The two people behind them turned around and looked at the river. After a long time, they whispered: "You treat her so well, and you don't know what you're asking for?"

The other person looked sideways at the person beside him, and said softly, "What do you think?"

The sun was shining brightly, and the river became golden. They were standing in the shade. The person on the left was cold and upright, with a pair of affectionate eyes. The person on the right was handsome and elegant, with slightly red ears. No one spoke anymore. Freeze at this moment, forming a quiet and beautiful landscape painting.