Peach Blossom at the Bottom of the Fan

Chapter 9 A New Way of Survival
"What are you going to do? Uncle..." Sun Tiancang's eyes widened, with an innocent expression on his face, "Uncle, I want to buy your buns!" He held up a penny while talking.

The uncle who sold the steamed buns stared, "Hey, you can't even buy a steamed bun for a penny, but you can still buy my meat buns..."

Sun Tiancang blinked his eyes, "Oh, that's it! Uncle, I'm really sorry, you can only see if anyone else bought this bun—really, can such a big black handprint be sold?"

The corner of Uncle Baozi's mouth twitched, and he snatched the money from Sun Tiancang's hand, "Take it away, take it away, if you little bastard dares to come to me again, I'll kill you..."

Sun Tiancang grinned, grabbed Baozi and pulled Gu Sixiao, turned his head and ran until he reached the corner, and stopped when he couldn't hear Uncle Baozi cursing behind him.

Squatting in the corner, Sun Tiancang smiled and handed the steamed stuffed bun to Gu Sixiao, "Oh, I told you to treat you to a steamed stuffed bun..."

Gu Sixiao blinked, but did not answer, Sun Tiancang poked his head, looked at the black handprint on the bun, and felt a little hot on his face.

"Well, I'll take off this piece of skin, so it won't be dirty anymore." Pulling off the skin of the bun with fingerprints on it, Sun Tiancang didn't think it was dirty, so he put the piece of skin into his mouth, and put the hand holding the bun into his mouth. sent before.

"It's really delicious! Uncle Baozi's buns are famous all over the world - but this method can't be used frequently, you can use it once every ten days, or Uncle Baozi will be pulled by his wife's ears..."

"Been like this before?" Gu Sixiao raised his eyebrows, looking at Sun Tiancang with a strange look in his eyes.

Sun Tiancang lowered his eyes, feeling a little uneasy because of Gu Sixiao's sizing up, "I also know that you must..."

Before he finished speaking, he felt light on his hands.

Gu Sixiao took the steamed stuffed bun, instead of putting it in his mouth, he broke it in half.

As Sun Tiancang said, this steamed stuffed bun is really delicious, half fat and half thin meat filling, when you break it, your hands will be full of oil.

"Eating buns..."

Seeing Sun Tiancang took the half of the steamed stuffed bun, didn't eat it first, but licked the oil on his hand, Gu Sixiao couldn't help laughing.

Hearing the laughter, Sun Tiancang raised his head, looked at Gu Sixiao, and whispered, "Are you not angry? I know you must not be used to it..."

A lady from a rich family might think that a beggar like him is really a rascal, right?dirty...

Shaking her head, Gu Sixiao took a small bite of the bun, and after a while, said in a low voice, "That's fine..."

If it was Gu Sixiao from the past, he would indeed be disliked by what Sun Tiancang said, as Sun Tiancang said.Because it's okay to be scolded for teasing someone, stealing a purse while teasing someone, or cheating buns with cleverness, such things are completely different from the education she received in the past.

But now, she feels that kindness and being kind to others are empty. If she wants to live and find the murderer who killed their Gu family, she has to live like Sun Tiancang.

What would daddy say if he knew?
The beauty in her father's mouth was nothing compared to the cruelty and cruelty of reality, which made her finally realize that life was not as happy as she thought it would be.

Gu Sixiao's words were vague, and Sun Tiancang understood a little, but didn't seem to fully understand. When he followed Gu Sixiao and watched her stretch out her hand to the pedestrians, his jaw almost dropped in shock.

"Big, big lady, do it, do it well, let's enjoy the stuttering!" I stuttered a sentence, but it was still complete in the end.

Gu Sixiao held the penny that was thrown at her feet, turned her head, and smiled at Sun Tiancang.

Although her smile was bright, Sun Tiancang always felt that the corners of her eyes were glistening with tears.

No matter what it is, it is always the hardest at the beginning. Along the way, he no longer stutters, smiles sweetly, his mouth seems to have been smeared with honey, and he can even hug his thigh like Sun Tiancang.

It's really incredible, but it's so simple and so natural to change another way of life.

Losing her self-esteem and face, she is now a little beggar, a little beggar who is no longer afraid of losing anything.Because there was nothing left to lose, I suddenly felt that I too could become stronger.

The two begged all the way, Sun Tiancang stared at Gu Sixiao from time to time, wanted to speak a few times but swallowed it back, and just followed behind her.

When Gu Sixiao stopped, he realized that the two of them had deviated from the bustling market and walked to the westernmost part of the town.

Looking up at the old house, Sun Tiancang opened his mouth, but didn't speak, he just looked at Gu Sixiao fixedly.

The newly painted whitewashed walls and the freshly painted vermilion lacquer gate are all new, even the copper bells hanging under the high cornices behind the Daiwa whitewashed walls are brand new.

Is it because it was recently replaced, or because it has changed owners?When the wind passed by, the copper bell sounded so crisp, with a feeling of joy.

Cursing the corner of her mouth, Gu Sixiao turned her head and said with a low voice, "Go around to the wall in the alley behind, there is a dog hole—ah, it's been repaired..." I can't sneak in from here anymore. !
Looking back, Gu Sixiao looked at Sun Tiancang, who was halfway behind, raised his eyebrows, and wanted to call him, but stopped.

Turning back, looking at Sun Tiancang who was staring blankly at Yuyan, Gu Sixiao felt sad for a moment.

That night, it was under this rainy eaves!

Turning his head to look at her, Sun Tiancang murmured in a low voice: "I don't believe in Bodhisattva! But, if Bodhisattva is willing to take the girl to that Paradise of Ultimate Bliss, then I will believe in him..."

After a long silence, Gu Sixiao murmured: "Even if you don't believe in Bodhisattvas, the girl will definitely go to a good place—maybe, she will be reincarnated as a princess in her next life!"

It was just words of consolation, but when such words were spoken, the two looked at each other, but both laughed.

Even if I know it's just a fantasy, I still hope that the departed relatives can get the best...

The front door of the Gu family's old house was closed tightly, and the continuous whitewashed walls occupied half of the street.

This is a house that was built decades ago. No matter how rich you are now, you can't buy such a large garden.

Going around into the alley, the dog hole that Gu Sixiao had drilled through had been blocked, the back door was half closed, a bearded man in a blue cap was leaning on the bench, and when he heard footsteps, he just raised his eyes and glanced again. I closed my eyes.On the other hand, at the farther corner gate, a group of people gathered and made a lot of noise.

When I got closer, I realized that most of the people surrounding the upper corner door were middle-aged women, who were talking or laughing, but surrounded by a ten-year-old boy.

"Brother Gui, who was the one who entered the door, why don't you tell us?" A woman wearing a pair of butterfly copper hairpins raised her slender eyebrows, looked at the servant, and said with a smile : "This big guy just chipped in to buy you a drink, we can't wait for a long time, you are fine, you don't have a single word..."

Being counted down by the woman, the boy immediately turned his face away, his hands trembled, and the few coins he was holding in his hands fell to his feet. He snorted coldly: "Is it that you look down on people? Who am I, Gu Xiaogui? Is that kind of money?" Are you someone who takes advantage of the benefits and does nothing? Besides, you mothers, you are really generous. One, two—five mothers only pooled ten cents in total. Is this for me to drink? Drinking two bowls of 'cold water and sugar soup' in the street is all it takes, and you have the nerve to scold me?!"

Pursing her lips, the woman wanted to say something, but she lost her smile when she was pulled by her companion, first bent down to pick up the copper coin that fell under her feet, then pulled the boy with a smile, and put the money back In his hand, "Brother Gui, don't be angry. It's Mama Wu, I can't talk... Now, our mothers are not ignorant people, so, please tell us about it, We will promise you another ten pennies..."

Seeing that Gu Xiaogui just laughed but didn't respond, she had no choice but to turn around and stretch out her hand.

Several women stared at her, and those who didn't want to touch their purses were stared at by her a few times, but they could only touch a couple of pennies each.

Putting the money in Gu Xiaogui's hand with a smile, Wu's mother smiled and closed his hand, "Brother Gui, don't be disgusted, hurry up, if you have time to go to my place, I will treat you to a snack. "

He weighed the money in his hand, Gu Xiaogui said haha, and no longer pretended to be mysterious, "Mama Wu is so enthusiastic, how can I embarrass the mothers? Let's tell the truth to the mothers, since our Gu family said that we want to buy slaves, The matchmaker from Songjiang Mansion does not come here often, like several mothers, there are several of them in a day. It's just..."

He smiled and twisted his neck, "What our Gu family is looking for is a top-notch matchmaker, not the best matchmaker in Songjiang Mansion, our Gu family won't be able to use it—the mothers also know how much they are... ..."

"Hey, little brother Gui, what are you talking about?" Mama Wu's face darkened, and she couldn't even smile.

But Gu Xiaogui still laughed and said: "I'm not going to hide it from you, that mother Li was just brought in to meet our wife an hour ago..."

"Which Mama Li?" Mama Wu frowned, "You mean..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard a sound coming from the corner door. Gu Xiaogui turned around in a hurry, and didn't care about talking to a few people. He turned around and nodded and bowed, but he was facing a man in blue clothes. The woman in the skirt came out.

The woman turned her face towards the door, and kept smiling to return the salute. She only smiled and said: "Thank you, Miss Chunhua, the old woman is blessed, so she can take care of her so much—you can rest assured, the old lady will handle the errands sent by Xu's mother." Properly..."

"Sister Chunhua, don't give it away, I'm taking care of you outside, how can I work for you!" Gu Xiaogui greeted with a smile.The girl who sent the woman out of the door just laughed and didn't respond.

A few women standing at the door looked on tiptoe, only saw the girl's back, the pink dress, the black hair was shining, one hand was slightly raised, and she didn't know what she was tucking into her sleeve.

They are all in this line of work, and you can tell what's going on with just one glance.Looking at the women who straightened up and turned their heads to look at them, I couldn't help feeling a little sore in my heart.

"Hey, Ms. Li, is this a high branch?" Although he was just a servant of the Gu family, he told them that he was a nobleman who took care of business.

Really, they are all the same matchmaker, but it happened that Mrs. Li took the lead.

(End of this chapter)