Literary Heroes of the Republic of China

This kind of thing that the landlord directly leads people to copy the tenant's house and falsely accuses the tenant of stealing money is basically impossible in modern times. Even if it happens, it can be solved easily, as long as the police are called.

But in this day and age... Moo Joon knows that calling the police is definitely useless.

What's more, their family will definitely suffer if they confront the Yao family.After all, the Yao family has always lived here, and the neighbors must all be helping the Yao family. Even the tenants who rent here are on the side of the Yao family.

The family was alone and helpless.

But he still couldn't swallow this breath, and he was even more unwilling to let these people take his family's money.

"Why do you say we stole it?" Mu Qiong looked at old lady Yao with a cold face.

The old lady Yao only had a few teeth left, and her speech was a bit leaky, but this did not stop her from yelling loudly: "Someone saw this little girl go to our house today, if it wasn't you who stole it, who stole it? You If there is no money stolen, where did the silver dollar come from?"

As she spoke, she pointed to a small box that was opened on the ground. There was a stack of folded newspapers in the box. A piece of cloth was placed on top of the newspapers, and five silver dollars and a few silver dimes were placed.

Originally... Zhu Wanwan wrapped the money in that piece of cloth, and then hid it in the newspaper.

"I was just looking at the door, I didn't go in at all, let alone steal money!" Mu Changyu choked up.

"I know you didn't steal it." Mu Qiong said to Mu Changyu. He believed in Mu Changyu's character, let alone if he really wanted to steal... "You said my sister stole money... Heh, the door of your house Closed all day, and there are always people at home, my sister went to your house to rummage through boxes and cabinets to steal silver dollars, and no one found out in your house?"

The old lady Yao's face froze, and she argued, "She's such a small person, it's normal that we didn't see her through the window!"

Mu Qiong sneered: "What about the silver dollars? You lost two, but there are more than two here!"

"Perhaps you stole the rest from other places." Mrs. Yao said angrily.

"Oh, my family also lost a silver dollar not long ago. I just thought it was taken by my family to buy wine and drink. Now that I think about it, maybe it was stolen." Aunt Tian said suddenly.

Zhu Wanwan was very angry when she heard Aunt Tian's words, but Aunt Zhao said sarcastically: "The surname is Tian, ​​who doesn't know who, you are really going to lose money, and you have already known it all over the street, how can you keep silent?" loud."

Aunt Tian glared at Aunt Zhao: "What's wrong with me being silent? You are not a good guy with the surname Zhao, you sent your daughter to be a small child in exchange for money..."

"Shut up!" Mu Qiong said.

"What are you yelling about, you little redhead? You..." Mrs. Yao was very dissatisfied when she heard Mu Qiong's words, and opened her mouth to curse.

"My family's money is all stolen from you... Heh, are these also stolen?" Mu Qiong said, taking out the two tubes of silver dollars he brought back today, and throwing them into the open box of his house. of boxes.

The silver dollars fell into the box, and there was a crackling sound, and the flashing white light made the eyes of the people in front of them straighten.

The old lady Yao originally wanted to scold someone, but when she saw this, the curse words were blocked in her throat immediately, she opened her mouth with few teeth, and her expression was extremely weird.

Suddenly there was no sound in the yard.

After a while, Zhu Wanwan looked at Mu Qiong: "Qiong'er..." There are about twenty silver dollars here, right?Where did her son get it?

The purchasing power of twenty silver dollars in this period is actually equivalent to 8000 yuan in modern times, which is not too much. Some people in the concession even spent dozens of silver dollars for a casual meal—— At this time, it costs six or seven yuan to buy a bottle of foreign wine.

But at the same time, because of the large gap between the rich and the poor, ordinary people at this time generally do not have much savings, and the money they earn is usually eaten and used, and there is nothing left.

For example, Aunt Zhao's family is well-off, but they can't save a lot of money all year round. It is the Yao family... Although their family has rental income, they also spend a lot of money. They also have no savings. If not, Mrs. Yao will not go to war for two silver dollars.

For these people, the impact brought by twenty silver dollars is not insignificant.

Mu Qiong, a teenager, has so much money on him...

"Mother, Uncle Chen asked us to move out a long time ago, but you don't want to bother him... I will never live in this place now!" Mu Qiong looked at Zhu Wanwan.

He can probably figure out the mentality of these people in the yard, and he also knows that people like them are the most bullying and fearful, and as long as they are frightened, the rest of the matter will be easy.

He gave out the money to shock these people, and mentioned "Uncle Chen" to let them know that his family is here and that they are not alone.

"Qiong'er..." Zhu Wanwan was a little stunned, but she was also shocked.

"Mother, we have never lived in such a place since we were young! If I hadn't accidentally met a bandit on the road, I would have been ill again... Now Uncle Chen has helped us write a letter to my father, who will come to us soon... ...We can live with Uncle Chen first!" Mu Qiong said.

"Ah?" Zhu Wanwan couldn't react. She knew that her son's name was Uncle Chen, the owner of the western restaurant. It is true that their family fell into this situation because they were robbed of their money, but her son put all these together and said, Why can't she understand?And... write a letter to Mu Yongxue?When her son was sick, she also thought about whether to find a way to contact Mu Yongxue, but didn't her son say that she would rather starve to death than contact them?

"Let's go!" Mu Qiong picked up the money box on the ground and walked out.

Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu subconsciously followed, but Mrs. Yao didn't dare to stop them.

In fact, although the old lady Yao was in a hurry at first, and searched Zhu Wanwan's house after listening to other people's slander, but when she saw Zhu Wanwan's silver dollars, she knew that she didn't lose them.

The two silver dollars she lost were Yingyang she had saved long ago, but the silver dollars in Zhu Wanwan's box were all brand new Yuan Datou.

But she did lose the money, and she had long since disliked Zhu Wanwan's mother and three children, so she simply took the opportunity to get angry and planned to make up for the money she lost from Zhu Wanwan.

As for why she can't get used to Zhu Wanwan... It's okay for Zhu Wanwan to look coquettish, and Tian'er buys delicious food for herself, so she can tell at a glance that she is not a serious housekeeper.

It's just that she dared to frame Zhu Wanwan with empty words before because she felt that Zhu Wanwan's family of three had no backing and could be bullied casually, but now...

Mu Qiong is a half-grown boy, who can get back so many silver dollars, and still talk about Uncle Chen and shut up about his father...

Her original arrogance was long gone.

"Didn't Zhu Wanwan say that their family came from the countryside?" Aunt Tian said tremblingly.

"She also said that her man was taken away by the Latino." You said humanely.

"What came from the countryside, what a young man!" Aunt Zhao said: "Zhu Wanwan and her pair of children look like they came from the countryside? Her son can still read... Which countryman can read?"

Aunt Tian fell silent.On their side, apart from Yao's family, Aunt Zhao's two sons went to school, but Aunt Zhao only let them study until the third grade... The two children of the Zhao family must not be able to read in rhythmic rhythms in the yard. Mujondo of newspapers.

"And that kid Mu Qiong can speak foreign language. Zhu Wanwan said that her son could find a good job because of his ability to speak foreign language. Seeing Tian'er take money from home." Aunt Zhao said again.

It was her daughter who told her about Mu Qiong's knowledge of foreign languages, and her daughter also asked her to be nice to Zhu Wanwan's family, maybe there will be a great fortune in the future.

It's a pity that she once alienated Zhu Wanwan because of her inner discomfort. Recently, although her relationship with her got better because of Zhu Wanwan's gift of burgers, she didn't help her much today...

Aunt Zhao was depressed for a while, but when she thought that she had benefited from Zhu Wanwan and these people had nothing, she felt relieved: "A few days ago, Zhu Wanwan even gave me a foreigner's steamed stuffed bun that his son brought back from a western restaurant. , I cut it open, and the whole family tasted it, it was very delicious."

Foreigner's steamed stuffed bun?Many people like Aunt Tian have never even been to the concession, and their living area is only near their home. Now that Aunt Zhao said this, they all regretted it.

If they had known that the Mu family boy was so capable, they would have established a good relationship with Zhu Wanwan. Maybe the children in their family could learn some foreign language from Mu Qiong, or ask Mu Qiong to introduce him to a job.

But now it's too late... The Mu family's things are still piled up in the yard, and they dug them out.

"By the way, Zhu Wanwan seems to have said before that she came to Shanghai to visit relatives. Have they found their relatives yet? What should we do?" Aunt Tian said worriedly, looking at Old Madam Yao while talking.

The old lady Yao pursed her lips that had sunk into her mouth because she lost her teeth: "What can I do? I didn't beat them! Even if the police officers come, they can't arrest me."

The police station is only available in the concession. In fact, there is only the police station outside, but everyone is used to calling it the police station.

After Mrs. Yao said this, everyone's hearts settled down, and Aunt Tian's eyes fell on the things that were dug out from Zhu Wanwan's room again: "Then these things..." Her quilt was just torn, And Zhu Wanwan's quilt... She saw Zhu Wanwan buy new cotton to make it with her own eyes!

And the pot is new, the dishes are new, and the coal stove...a coal stove costs fifty cents!

"Move back!" Mrs. Yao said.

If Zhu Wanwan's family had been driven away by them, these things could naturally be divided up, but now... Thinking about what Mu Qiong said before he left, old lady Yao didn't dare to take those things.

The yard was in a mess, and Mrs. Yao didn't bother to take care of it. She went home first. As soon as she entered the house, she saw her daughter-in-law lighting candles and taking her two granddaughters to do needlework.

"It's not dark yet! What candles to light!" Mrs. Yao blew out the candles in one breath, and suddenly stared at her daughter-in-law: "By the way, did you steal my silver dollars?"

"I didn't." Mrs. Yao quickly defended.

"You are the only outsider in this house. If you didn't take it, who took it?" Mrs. Yao said, "I've been at home all day, and I know when outsiders come, not to mention that the door is locked all the time... I I understand now, it’s hard to guard against house thieves, you hand over the money to me!”

"I really don't have one. I have been sewing with the eldest girl and the second girl." Mrs. Yao said.

But Mrs. Yao didn't listen, she lowered her voice and scolded her daughter-in-law.

She scolded for a long time, until the door leading to the back alley was opened, then she stopped and looked at the boy who pushed the door in: "Honghong, you are back!"

The Yao family's house has a front door facing south and a back door facing north, and going out from the back door is also an alley.

After renting out most of the family's house, the Yao family used the back door to go in and out, instead of going with the tenants in front.

Of course, they rarely go out... Ever since the Yao family fell, Mrs. Yao has been embarrassed to see her old sisters, and even her relatives are reluctant to move around. As for Mrs. Yao...she takes two My daughter does needlework and has no free time.

Just like Yao Hong, he leaves early and returns late every day to go to school.

Yao Hong let out a "hmm", a little dissatisfied: "It's so dark, why don't you light candles?"

When Mrs. Yao heard what Yao Hong said, she immediately lit the candles and went to serve the meal again.

Mrs. Yao and her two daughters have been hungry for a long time, and now that Yao Hong is back, they can finally eat.

And before Mrs. Yao went to the table, she went to the house and carried out her little son who was only four years old.

When the child was conceived, Mrs. Yao's husband had already smoked opium. When the addiction came, he would scold Mrs. Yao. I don't know if it was because of this. The child was born a fool, and now he is four years old. , can not speak.

Fortunately, I don't cry.

"What a loser, he killed my son and gave birth to such a thing..." Mrs. Yao muttered in a low voice.

Mrs. Yao lowered her head and said nothing.

Mu Qiong didn't know anything about Yao's family, but he already knew Yao Hong's identity.

Earlier, after Mu Qiong carried the money box and led Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu out of the Yao family gate, Zhu Wanwan got confused: "Qioner, what should we do now?"

Mu Changyu was thinking about their family's things: "Our quilts and clothes haven't been taken out yet..."

"Let's find a place to live first. As for those quilts and clothes, I will take them back." Mu Qiong said, he was very angry at the moment, and he didn't want to be taken advantage of by those people.

Over the past month, Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu had already trusted Mu Qiong very much. Hearing what Mu Qiong said, the two immediately felt relieved.

"Qiong'er, the Uncle Chen you mentioned just now is the boss of your shop, right? He told us to move out, and even helped you write a letter to your father?" Zhu Wanwan suddenly remembered this matter.

"Mother, I just said nonsense to scare them." Mu Qiong said, Boss Chen didn't know anything about his family at all.

"So that's how it is..." Zhu Wanwan nodded.

"Brother, you are so smart." Mu Changyu said.

Mu Qiong smiled, took out the three meat buns she bought from her bosom, gave them one for each of them, and took a bite of the remaining one by herself: "You guys have something to eat first, and then we'll take the tram."

The family has no place to go for the time being... Mu Qiong thought about it and decided to go to the concession first.

One reason is that the security of the concession is good, and the other reason is that there are places like hotels there.

Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu's uneasiness was greatly reduced after eating the meat buns. At this time, Mu Qiong asked about the specific situation.

Although he asked Mu Changyu some questions when he was in Yao's courtyard, there were still many things he didn't understand.

Mu Changyu and Zhu Wanwan did not hide anything, and explained the ins and outs of the matter in more detail.

After Mu Qiong listened, he asked them what happened to Yao's family.

Although Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu stayed in the Yao family's yard all day, because the Yao family didn't come out to talk to them very often, they didn't know much about the Yao family.

However, they at least knew something, for example, Mrs. Yao had a bad temper, and Mrs. Yao was very good at sewing, and her two daughters were also good at sewing, and they were sewing almost all day long.

"Brother, I just watched Miss Yao's embroidery for a while this morning," Mu Changyu said.

Zhu Wanwan didn't let Mu Changyu go out alone, and there wasn't much work at home recently, so Mu Changyu was very free every day, but today, she accidentally saw the window of Yao's house open, so she went to have a look.

She didn't even dare to speak to the Yao family at that time.

"Changyu, you're not to blame for this." Mu Qiong said, "They just think we're easy to bully, and deliberately bully us."

Mu Changyu frowned: "Why are they like this..."

"Many people are like this, mainly because they are poor." Mu Qiong said: "The granary knows the etiquette, and the food and clothing are enough to know the honor and disgrace." If everyone's life is not bad, no one will be like this.

Mu Changyu immediately asked, "Brother, what does this sentence mean?"

Mu Qiong explained to her.

After they walked to the tram stop, they waited for a long time before a tram came, but it came from the concession, not the one they wanted to take.

The tram door opened, and three people got off the tram, among them was Yao Hong whom Mu Qiong had seen during the day.

Probably because of the dark sky, Yao Hong didn't notice Mu Qiong at all, and left as soon as he got out of the car.

Mu Qiong didn't mean to say hello either, he was not as familiar with Yao Hong as he was with the tram conductor... The conductor was free and often chatted with passengers like them.

In the end, Zhu Wanwan said to Mu Qiong: "Qioner, that person just now is Mrs. Yao's eldest son. I met him before."

"What?" Mu Qiong was surprised.

"I said that was Mrs. Yao's eldest son. I heard that he was studying in the middle school in the concession... You should have been in the middle school. I was useless..." Zhu Wanwan felt sorry for herself again, but Mu Qiong suddenly figured out a lot of things .

He always met this person at the tram station, Aunt Zhao despised Mrs. Yao's eldest son, this person invited people to dinner very generously today...

Although the Yao family has a monthly rental income of several yuan, it is somewhat difficult to support a middle school student in the concession with this income, and he will definitely not give him too much money to spend... Where did this young man get the money to treat guests? Have a meal?

Mu Qiong laughed angrily.