The entertainment tycoon of the Republic of China

On Wednesday, the family lived in a dilapidated house on the back of this alley. The courtyard wall was already full of potholes. There was a large water tank with a missing corner in front of the house, and there were spider webs on it.

Xie Yan thought that Wednesday's mother must not be that old lady, but the truth is always not what people want.

Shopkeeper Liu knocked on the rotten wooden door, pushed the door open, and walked in. Xie Yan followed behind. At a glance, he saw the old lady lying on the kang wrapped in a rotten mattress. It looked impressive that he and Xiao Wenliu were in the alley that day. The old lady mending clothes that I met.

The old lady had been ill for a long time, and she was a little unconscious. When she heard the sound of the door opening, she looked at them for a while, and recognized Xie Yan first.

"Mr. Little? Why... are you here..." The old lady struggled to get up, "Did the thread of the clothes mend that day unravel? I'm looking for my sewing box... where is my box?"

Seeing that the old lady was trembling all over, Xie Yan hurried forward and pushed her back on the bed, "Go to sleep first, I'm not here to mend clothes, I'm here to accompany Shopkeeper Liu to see you."

After Xie Yan signaled, shopkeeper Liu hurried forward, "Mother Zhou, I'm the shopkeeper Liu who came to the teahouse, do you still know me?"

"Shopkeeper Liu?" Mother Zhou glanced at Shopkeeper Liu, suddenly thought of something, and coughed violently, "Is it San'er... Is something wrong with San'er? I knew he didn't learn well... Shopkeeper Yes, you must tell me the truth!"

Shopkeeper Liu hurriedly stretched out his hand to comfort Zhou Ma, while looking at Xie Yan in embarrassment.

Xie Yan thought for a while, and said directly to Zhou Ma, "Yes, I made some small mistakes on Wednesday and went to our theater to steal something. I have been arrested by the police and educated. I am the one who suffered the theft."

Mother Zhou wailed when she heard the words, she knelt down and kowtowed to Xie Yan no matter what she said, "Sir, I beg you to let him go... I will find a way to compensate you for how much money he stole, and you just let him go." Him!"

It took Xie Yan and shopkeeper Liu a lot of effort to stop Zhou's mother from kowtowing, but the old lady still kept begging for mercy for her son with tears in her eyes.

Since ancient times, loving mothers have lost many sons, seeing what Zhou looked like on Wednesday, Xie Yan knew what Zhou's mother looked like in front of her son on weekdays.Xie Yan could understand that it was not easy for Zhou Ma, a widow, to bring up her son. At this point, he couldn't blame an old man who was seriously ill, so he could only sigh.

"Mother Zhou, you begged me to let Wednesday go, but if you let him go this time, can you guarantee that he will never do it again next time?" Xie Yan held the old lady's hand and asked her in a slow tone, "This time Because I have a good temper, you still have a chance to intercede with me; if he doesn't have a long memory and is killed by a big shot next time, do you think you are helping him or hurting him?"

Zhou's mother's mouth squirmed a few times, obviously she couldn't guarantee that her son would not commit another crime in the future.

"That's right, Mother Zhou, if you had disciplined Wednesday early, things wouldn't be what they are today." Shopkeeper Liu took the opportunity to agree.

"I……"

"Mother Zhou, if you don't take good care of your son, someone will naturally discipline you. Now Wednesday is in the police station, and he will be released only after he has learned well. Instead of begging me, you might as well pray that he can wake up sooner."

"... When he finishes his studies, can he come out?" Mother Zhou asked cautiously.

Shopkeeper Liu looked at Xie Yan. He knew that Wednesday was not taken away by the police station, but by the Wen family. With the Wen family's means, it was easy to solve Wednesday, but Xie Yan told Zhou Ma that...

"Yes." Under Shopkeeper Liu's sighing eyes, Xie Yan nodded, "If he can learn well, I will let him out to see you."

"..."

Zhou's mother coughed more than a dozen times, almost coughing out her lungs, and struggled to get up again.

"Mom Zhou, what are you doing?" Shopkeeper Liu hurried to help.

"Over there...cough cough!" Mother Zhou got up and pointed to the corner of the kang. Seeing this, Xie Yan went to lift the straw mat on top, groped for a while, and took out a dirty old red embroidered bag from inside. Looking at the style, it seems to be an old dowry.

Under Zhou Ma's guidance, Xie Yan opened the embroidery bag, and saw that there were some odds and ends of money inside. At a glance, there were probably two silver dollars and dozens of copper plates.

"This is?" Xie Yan could see that this was Zhou Ma's hidden savings, but she didn't understand why Zhou Ma gave it to herself.

"Sir, I know you are a kind person, otherwise you wouldn't have bought me food for me..." Mother Zhou supported the Kang and said, "I'm really ashamed to see you when that evil person stole from you, but After all, I am a mother... I don't know how much he stole from you, I originally saved the money secretly in case San'er will need it urgently one day..."

"It's the fault of the father who sings the drum lyrics. San'er has no father since he was a child. That's my mother's fault... I will pay you the money first, and I will make up for it later. I believe what you said, let It's good for San'er to suffer a little bit, let him learn the rules and principles, otherwise what will he do after I leave..."

"..."

Xie Yan sighed, he didn't know what else to say to Zhou's mother, although Zhou's mother's thoughts and actions were wrong everywhere, but who could use sharp words to criticize an old and poor mother.

"I don't want this money, but I can keep it for you first. I came here today because I heard that you were sick. I came here to see if you were not here on Wednesday. Now that everything is clear, you come with us. The clinic will prescribe some medicine."

After Xie Yan finished speaking, she planned to go out and call two rickshaws. As soon as she walked out of the room, she saw a young daughter-in-law in her 30s poking her head at the door of Zhou's house.

Seeing Xie Yan, the young daughter-in-law hid aside, and soon came out to explain herself embarrassedly.

"I'm the daughter-in-law of the Huang family who lives next door. I heard that Zhou's mother had some movement, so I came out to see what's going on." The daughter-in-law of the Huang family cast her eyes and asked in a low voice, "Did something happen on Wednesday?"

"That's right." Xie Yan didn't explain much.

"Then you come to Zhou Mama...?"

"I can't come back at [-]:[-] on Wednesday. We will take Zhou's mother to see a doctor."

The daughter-in-law of the Huang family took a few glances at Xie Yan, and seemed to shake her head with great emotion.

Xie Yan noticed her expression, "What's wrong?"

"Looking at your attire, I think you are not a friend of Wednesday. If you can't make friends like you on Wednesday, you must not be a relative of the Zhou family. Otherwise, I would have heard the news." Huang's daughter-in-law stretched out her finger and waved She said, "Mother Zhou has raised Wednesday for more than 20 years. She raised a white-eyed wolf who only knew to ask for money. When she was too old, she couldn't get sick. Instead, a stranger who didn't care came to take her to see a doctor. I don't know if it's God's punishment. She still pities her."

Xie Yan listened to the emotions of the Huang family's daughter-in-law, and keenly caught a few strange descriptions in the other party's words. Generally speaking, when people talk about sons and mothers, they use words that have given birth to something. Why did the Huang family's daughter-in-law use "raise"? ?

And a poor widow like Zhou Ma has worked so hard to raise her son, so what reason does God have to "punish" her?

Xie Yan remained calm, "I don't think Mother Zhou is in good health. How old is she this year? How come she is almost left with only a handful of bones?"

"Hey, I'm in my 60s and work every day. How can I get better?" Huang's daughter-in-law replied casually.

really.After hearing this age, Xie Yan became more and more suspicious.

Wednesday is only in her early twenties, and Zhou's mother is already in her sixties, and the difference between the two is more than 40 years old. Although there is a possibility of old age, it doesn't match Zhou's mother who was young and widowed, unless...

"Sister Huang, I want to ask you something, please tell me the truth." Xie Yan said as he took out a few eldest sons from his pocket and put them in the hands of Huang's daughter-in-law.

"Oh, what's the matter." Huang's daughter-in-law refused, but put the money in her pocket, "What do you want to ask? As long as I know, I will know everything!"

Xie Yan asked directly, "Is Zhou's mother born on Wednesday?"

"Ah?" The daughter-in-law of the Huang family was taken aback. She looked left and right and said in a low voice, "How did you know about this, Mr. Zhou? Mama Zhou doesn't allow others to talk nonsense, even if we are neighbors, people who know about this matter Not many?"

"I guessed it." Xie Yan didn't explain, "If you know the inside story, can you tell me in detail?"

The daughter-in-law of the Huang family accepted the money, so naturally she would not refuse, anyway, Zhou's mother and Wednesday were away, so no one knew that the words came out of her mouth.

"I have been married to Huang's family for more than ten years, and my mother's family is also near this land, so there are many things that others don't know, so please ask me to tell you for sure."

"I heard from my mother that this week's mother is not from Hankou, but a country girl from somewhere who was abducted by Ren Yazi. The Zhou family bought Zhou's mother here because they were poor and couldn't afford a wife. Anyway, she Not good-looking, thin and small, not worth a lot of money."

"Before Zhou's mother came in, a fortune teller came to Zhou's house to make a fortune, saying that the daughter-in-law they were about to marry had committed a lot of crimes in her previous life, and that her family would be destroyed in this life. This is the retribution set by God !" The daughter-in-law of the Huang family was delighted when she talked about these gods and ghosts.

Xie Yan frowned, but the daughter-in-law of the Huang family didn't see her and continued, "The Zhou family must feel uncomfortable hearing this, but the money has been spent, and they can't find a wife to marry, so they can only bring her back. Later, the Zhou family Sure enough, they are often unlucky. Every time they are unlucky, the whole family beats and scolds Zhou’s mother, hating her for ruining their own luck. I remember when I was young, I went to the field to play and saw Zhou’s mother’s man make Zhou’s shoes off and grabbed her. Her hair made her walk barefoot on the stubble, and the stubble was covered in blood!"

Huang's daughter-in-law thought of the scene at that time and rubbed her arms uncomfortably.

"Who in this world can guarantee that they will always have smooth sailing? A little bit of unsatisfactory luck can be blamed on luck, and they often beat and scold innocent people to vent their anger. No wonder the Zhou family is so poor."

"..." The daughter-in-law of the Huang family heard Xie Yan's voice turned cold, and after carefully looking at him a few times, she said, "I also think that the Zhou family is too cruel. Even if their fate is bad, they didn't buy it for themselves?"

"I know you don't believe me, Mr. Zhou, but Mama Zhou's fate is really mysterious. You will know after listening to me." The daughter-in-law of the Huang family lowered her voice again, "The fortune-teller said that Mama Zhou was destined to ruin her family and her family would be ruined if she married Zhou. In the past few years, she had conceived three children, all of which were lost before they were born. Later, her husband died when he ran a boat on the river and encountered wind and waves. Later, her mother-in-law and father-in-law died of illness... This incident is not complete. Got it?"

It is a strange thing to be beaten and scolded every day without enough food and clothing, and it is strange if the child does not fall away; there are storms on the river every year, and not only her husband dies; her mother-in-law and father-in-law are getting old, it is not easy to see a doctor and take medicine in this age, and the mortality rate of the elderly is high It is unimaginable to modern people...

Xie Yan secretly sighed in her heart, Zhou Ma was just unlucky and let all these coincidences happen to her.

"Then what about Wednesday? Where did Mother Zhou hold Wednesday?" Xie Yan didn't want to discuss issues like past life retribution with Huang's daughter-in-law.

"After the Zhou family's accident, the neighbors around us felt that Zhou's mother was unlucky, and they didn't want to associate with her. Later, a sorceress gave Zhou's mother an idea, saying that a person like her who was born with a bad debt must pay off her debts in her previous life. Only by repaying the debt can we be freed and enter the Paradise of Ultimate Bliss, otherwise even if we die, we will go to hell to suffer.”

The daughter-in-law of the Huang family finally realized that Xie Yan didn't like talking about gods and ghosts, so she ended the narration with a few words, "In short, Zhou's mother gave the sorceress three years of offerings, and the sorceress guided Zhou's mother to pick up Wednesday from the river, and told Zhou Mom, this is her creditor in her previous life, and she must raise her creditor well in this life to wash away her sins."

"..." The daughter-in-law of the Huang family swallowed, "That's all I know."

Xie Yan was silent for a moment, and the Huang family's daughter-in-law felt that she seemed to feel a frightening anger in the small boy in front of her, but in the next second, Xie Yan put away all her emotions.

"I see." Xie Yan took two steps outside, then turned around and asked, "One last question, is the sorceress who gave Zhou Mama instructions still there?"

"...Yes, yes." The daughter-in-law of the Huang family felt a chill in her heart for no reason.

"Tell shopkeeper Liu in the house her address and other news, and I'll call a taxi first."

After Xie Yan finished speaking, he quickly disappeared around the corner of the alley. The Huang family's daughter-in-law patted her chest, and she was relieved when she couldn't see Xie Yan's back.

Today, she was afraid that the Zhou family would be brought to her house by thieves, so she came out quietly to take a look. She didn't expect to meet that young man just now and made a windfall.

Thinking of the boy's young age and the aura of his gestures, the daughter-in-law of the Huang family felt a wave of excitement. She really didn't know which big family could raise such a young master. If she was a teenager, would she have the opportunity to be a young man? concubine?

such a pity……

The daughter-in-law of the Huang family spat in her heart, telling herself not to think about it.But Zhou's mother was taken to see a doctor by such a young master, which shows that her sins have almost been cleared up, and God is finally willing to give her a few days to live a good life.

……

Xie Yan didn't know what Huang's daughter-in-law was thinking, even if she knew, she wouldn't take it to heart.He went out and hailed two rickshaws, and together with Shopkeeper Liu, they took Mama Zhou to Qi Xiuji's clinic. After seeing the doctor and prescribing medicine, shopkeeper Liu saw that Xie Yan was embarrassed, and suggested that Mama Zhou could be taken to live in his home temporarily.

"Uncle Liu, is it convenient for you?"

"What's the inconvenience? My parents are not in Hankou. There are only four of us living in a big courtyard. My girl is in her teens and hasn't married yet. I can help take care of some old ladies. Mr. Xie, can you borrow me now?" It’s inconvenient to live in Wen’s house.”

Xie Yan saw shopkeeper Liu patted his chest to reassure, and didn't object any more. After insisting on paying Zhou's mother's medical expenses, he and Qi Xiuji came to write, and asked shopkeeper Liu to write down the confession made by Zhou's mother that Huang's daughter-in-law told him earlier. information about the sorceress.

"Mr. Xie, there is something I don't know if I should say it or not." Shopkeeper Liu quietly pulled Xie Yan to the door of the clinic while Zhou's mother was drinking medicine in the room.

"You say?"

"You told Mother Zhou that you would let him go after he finished his studies on Wednesday. Are you serious..."

Xie Yan raised her eyes, "If he really learns well."

"..."

"Uncle Liu is trying to persuade me not to soften my heart?"

"I know it's not very pleasant to say, but if you don't cut the grass, it will grow again when the spring breeze blows..." Shopkeeper Liu shook his head and sighed. I'm afraid something will happen."

"I understand what you mean, but it's true that Wednesday's crime is not worthy of death. For Zhou's mother's sake, I can give him a chance to reform."

Xie Yan didn't wait for Shopkeeper Liu to object and continued, "Of course, I won't let him go directly. How to count as a good student, and what he needs to do to prove himself after learning well, I have my opinion. Uncle Liu, don't worry, I won't let him go. Be as confused as you think."

"..." Shopkeeper Liu knew that Xie Yan couldn't be persuaded, so he could only shake his head, "Forget it, with Wen's family around, nothing will happen, so Mr. Xie, I'll take Zhou Mama away first."

"Be careful on the road."

Xie Yan returned to Wen's house with the information about the sorceress written by shopkeeper Liu, and after washing up, she leaned on the soft chair in the bedroom and closed her eyes to rest.

There was a regular knock on the bedroom door, Xie Yan didn't move, and the people outside the door didn't leave, but opened the door and walked in.

"What did you do today? Are you tired?" Wen Heng's heart suddenly softened when he saw the tired looking young man leaning on the soft chair.

Rubbing her hair in the palm attached to Wen Heng, Xie Yan sighed and sat up straight, "You have heard what Yan Lin said, what happened on that Wednesday."

"I heard." As soon as Wen Heng returned home, Yan Lin reported to him what had happened in the theater. If he hadn't been a little tired after a busy day, Wen Heng had already personally greeted Wednesday in the dungeon of the workshop.

"It's just a clown." Wen Heng sat on the armrest of the soft chair, half-embracing Xie Yan in his arms, "Is he making you so upset? Do you want me to help you solve it?"

"It's just a Wednesday." Xie Yan smiled wryly, and gave an overview of Zhou's mother's affairs in a few words.

"Do you think I'm too soft-hearted like shopkeeper Liu?" Xie Yan leaned on Wen Heng's shoulder, "It's obviously the safest and most concise way to solve Wednesday."

"You have your own opinion, you don't have to care too much about what other people say." Wen Heng touched the top of Xie Yan's hair. There was no haircut these days, and the boy's hair had grown a lot, and it was soft and warm in the palm of his hand.

"What if my views... may not be suitable for this era?" Xie Yan thought of something, and suddenly moved slightly uncomfortably.

Xie Yan is not a person who doubts himself easily, but what he saw and heard today and the topic at this time made him inevitably think of the opportunity when he came to this world.

The feeling of that precise and ruthless sharp knife piercing the body, even now, is still very clear every time I think about it.In vain, in that world, he thought that he was brilliant and worthy of others, but didn't he also end up in an unsatisfactory end in the end?

So in this more complicated and crueler era, why does he feel that he must be right?

Wen Heng noticed his small movements, and patted him on the back comfortingly, "No one is perfect, you can't never make mistakes, and you don't have to force yourself to be what you want to be. Maybe in this matter your Thought is a weakness, but it is an advantage in other things?"

Xie Yan put her chin on Wen Heng's shoulder and sighed softly.Wen Heng didn't know that Xie Yan came from a modern era that was completely different from the Republic of China, and he couldn't really understand Xie Yan's struggles, but he was willing to stand by Xie Yan's side and trust him, and that was enough.

"And why do you have to not be soft-hearted? You are not alone." Xie Yan closed her eyes, and suddenly heard Wen Heng's voice in her ears, "Just do it, if something goes wrong, you need to be ruthless When it’s time to hand it, can’t I help you do it?”

"..."

Xie Yan took a breath and was silent for a while, then suddenly raised her head to embrace Wen Heng's shoulder, and kissed it lightly.

The kiss started out as a simple touch, but soon got out of hand.

Xie Yan embraced Wen Heng's shoulders, her body pressed close, as if impatiently wanting deeper contact, Wen Heng felt the slight trembling of the skin under his hands, hugged Xie Yan, sat on the soft chair by herself, let Xie Yan straddled her lap.

This position made it easier for the two of them to contact each other, Xie Yan fell limply into Wen Heng's arms, letting her lover's hand stroke back and forth along her thin waistline.

The two bit and touched each other, and ended with a kiss. Their hair and clothes were a little messy, and their eyes met, full of signs of emotion.

Xie Yan gasped, and bumped the top of her head against Wen Heng's shoulder.

Wen Heng embraced the back of his head, and repeatedly kissed the cheek and the side of the ear of the boy in his arms.

"What's wrong? Suddenly?" Wen Heng knew that Xie Yan was in a bad mood, so he asked in a low voice with the last sliver of reason left.

The voice full of magnetism and emotion exploded in the ears, making people blush and heartbeat.

"Wen Heng..." Xie Yan sighed softly, "Don't ask..."

Wen Heng stroked the back of Xie Yan's neck, and after hearing that Xie Yan still didn't want to say anything, he could only wait slowly, until one day Xie Yan would finally open up to him completely.

"Then we now...?" Wen Heng squeezed Xie Yan into his arms again, with a tremor at the end of his voice.

"I've taken a shower." Xie Yan chuckled, "What about you?"

"..." Wen Heng took a deep breath, picked up the person in his arms, and placed him on the bed a few steps away, "Don't regret it tomorrow."

"Don't underestimate people - woo -"

Before Xie Yan finished speaking, he was blocked by a kiss from above, which gradually turned into fragmented sobs.

In his last waking consciousness, he looked out of the window through the undrawn curtains. It was night and the sky was full of stars.