Nangong Chenwei and Qiao Yuling were surprised. Qiao Yuling asked, "uncle, what's the matter with you?"
"Excited... Excited." The shopkeeper's uncle wiped his tears and said with tears and laughter, "it's easy to get excited when you are old. Don't be surprised."
"How come, uncle? What's the matter?" Qiao Yuling asked.
The shopkeeper's uncle said what he thought. After listening to Qiao Yuling, he felt helpless. However, he was more disgusted with the Gou family. How disgusting Gou Jingxiao was. Even his housekeeper died, he could make the shopkeeper's uncle so excited.
Just then, the first ragged old man came in. He had white hair, a face of vicissitudes and was as thin as skin. He looked like he hadn't eaten well for many days.
When Qiao Yuling looks over, the old man is also looking at Nangong Chenwei and Qiao Yuling. His eyes are full of excited light, a kind of shining light. After he comes in, he directly kneels on the ground and kowtows to Nangong Chenwei and Qiao Yuling.
Qiao Yuling thinks that although she is not a kind person and has been here for some years, she still has the idea of equality in her previous life. Suddenly, an old man kowtows to her. She is really not used to it.
She hurriedly came forward to help the old man and then leaned down, "Sir, if you have anything to say, get up and say, what is this for?"
Who knows that the old man is a tough temper. Although he is as thin as skin and bone, his strength is still amazing. Qiao Yuling didn't help the old man up, but he was worshipped by the old man again.
The shopkeeper said happily: "girl, let him knock. He is happy."
Qiao Yuling, who can listen to the shopkeeper, asked Xiaoying and Xiaoba to help the old man up. Then she asked, "what's the matter with you, sir?"
The old man nodded excitedly, shook his head and opened his mouth without saying anything.
"Don't ask. He's speechless." After the shopkeeper said to Qiao Yuling, he went to the old man and said, "don't worry. Sit down first. I'll explain to them."
The old man understood the manager's words and nodded his head.
The shopkeeper explained to Qiao Yuling, "his family lives in the south of the city for more than ten years. His family is still very good. His son is filial and everything goes well. The old couple have been selling cakes on the street for a living. His son also goes out to work. He has a grandson and a granddaughter. The granddaughter is older and the grandson is younger."
"Because of the Gou family, if there are girls in the family, they usually don't let their children go to the street. The granddaughter of the old man, who was 14 years old eight years ago, had already agreed with her mother-in-law and planned to marry each other after the child and hairpin. Everything went smoothly. Who knows that before the child and hairpin, the old man's wife was ill at home, The old man's little granddaughter is wrapped up to help the old man on the street. "
"A few days ago, the old man's wife was getting better. On the last day of his granddaughter's help, it rained heavily. Because it rained well, the child was pure and worried about food. He was afraid that the rain would damage his face and there was nothing to cover him. So he took the cloth from his head."
"Just because he took down the cloth, he happened to be seen by the fat man of Gou's family who was drinking tea in the teahouse. Then it happened. Fat man Gou asked people to take the child away on the spot."
At this point, the shopkeeper sighed heavily, and said with some regret: "the child was taken away. The family was worried, so they wanted to go to the Gou family. Who knew that when they went, they were beaten out by the servants of the Gou family. The old man's son and daughter-in-law were seriously injured, and they were lying on the Kang. They couldn't get down. The old man was worried, so he sold everything he could sell, I want to exchange all my savings for my child. "
"The old man and his wife went to the Gou house together, but they didn't see the people of the Gou family, so they met the housekeeper of the Gou family. Outside the Gou house, housekeeper Gou took the silver directly. The old man and his wife knelt on the ground, held housekeeper Gou's leg and begged the other party to let the man go. Housekeeper Gou directly kicked the old man away, and the man... Disappeared on the spot."
The shopkeeper said that the old man sitting on the stool had been in tears for a long time, as if the wound of many years had been opened again, crying and even gasping.
Qiao Yuling hurriedly came forward and gently pressed several acupoints on the old man's body twice. The old man gasped and looked at Qiao Yuling gratefully. He got up and wanted to kneel again. Qiao Yuling hurriedly stopped him, "you are too excited. It's bad for your health."
The old man nodded.
The shopkeeper then said, "once the money is gone, the granddaughter has not been rescued, and she has also got a wife. The sky is falling for their family. When they have no money, they can't see their son and daughter-in-law. Five days later, the son is gone. Ten days later, the daughter-in-law hears the news that her daughter has passed away and was thrown into a mass grave by the servants of the Gou family, I didn't mention it in one breath. "
"A big family is fine. In an instant, there are only two grandsons left. If there was not another grandson to take care of, I'm afraid the old man would have gone with his family."
The old man nodded as if he agreed with the shopkeeper.
Qiao Yuling didn't know what to say. She was very sour in her heart. She wanted to go to the Gou family now, regardless of the consequences.
"There are many things like this in Pingling city. Later on, many people left Pingling for their children and went to other places to survive. Some of them were born and grew up here, and their ancestors were all here. Otherwise, they would have left long ago. There are also inconvenient things. There are old people on them who can't go." Qiao Yuling looks at Nangong Chenwei and gives him a look. Nangong Chenwei grins and rubs her head. She says in a low voice, "you can do whatever you want. You don't have to worry about anything else."“ Or you know me Qiao Yuling said with a smile. Nangong Chenwei is very satisfied with the smile. Seeing that they are still in the mood of joking, the shopkeeper said with some sadness: "it's a good thing that you killed the housekeeper of the Gou family and gave a breath for our people, but Mr. Gou won't let you go like this. You'd better leave Pingling now."“ Uncle, do you think we are like runaways Qiao Yuling joked with a smile. As soon as he finished speaking, a teenager rushed in at the door. He looked like a teenager, very thin and small. After the boy came in, he ran to the old man and looked at the old man nervously, "are you OK, grandfather?" The old man shook his head and then made a gesture in the air. The young man looked back at Qiao Yuling and Nangong Chenwei and knelt down directly. He banged his head at them.