"brother?"
"Yes! I have brothers! I have family!"
After all, she is just a little kid who is two years younger than Zheng Sirer. Although she doesn't understand what a brother-in-law is, she seems to be very powerful.
Since Lian'er has already planned to go to the orphanage, Lian'er doesn't need to continue begging in the afternoon.
She just stayed by Zheng Si'er's side all the time, watching her sharpen her sword hard, and wanted to go up to help halfway, but was rejected.
Time passed quickly, and the bloody setting sun slanted over this small county town in the north.
As the sun sets, the baby swallows return to their nests.
Be it the peddlers carrying loads on the street, or the servants and peasant women carrying hoes in the fields, they all started to rush home.
Zheng Si'er raised her white and tender arms to wipe off the sweat on her forehead, looked at the sword blade in her hand that was already seven or eight percent silvery, and nodded contentedly.
According to this speed, it is estimated that it will be finished in one day.
She hid the semi-finished product deep in the bridge hole, turned her head and called out to Lian'er beside her:
"Lian'er, come with me."
Lian'er obediently followed, took Zheng Si'er's outstretched hand, turned her head and said in confusion:
"Sister... Brother Que, won't you take that thing with you?"
"Hey, no!"
Zheng Si'er shrugged helplessly.
"If you take it back, you will be scolded by Aunt Wang who is in charge. That person is really fierce."
"Huh? She doesn't know how to eat children..."
Lian'er shrinks her neck in fear, she still has lingering fears about the cannibal story of Grandpa General, if not for Zheng Si'er's guarantee, she would not go to the orphanage in the west of the city without starving to death.
"Oh, although she is a bit fierce, it's nothing."
Zheng Si'er patted her flat chest, and said confidently:
"And don't you still have me? I am the biggest in the orphanage!"
"Wow! Brother Que is amazing!"
"That is!"
Orphanage.
"No! Get out! We don't accept beggars here!"
"Oh, Aunt Wang~ please show mercy! I've let all this out!"
Aunt Wang, who is fat and strong, is blocking the door with her large body with an angry face, spraying spittle out.
And Zheng Si'er was blocked from the door, with her, and Lian'er who was shivering behind her.
"You little sparrow, it's okay to bring some rubbish back to my yard on weekdays, but today it's fine, instead of picking up rubbish, pick up people instead!"
Zheng Si'er smiled awkwardly.
"Aunt Wang, don't we take in homeless orphans here? So what if there is one more?"
"Ha! This orphanage is the territory of the official family. How many people are admitted in total are determined by the death penalty prescribed by the authorities. The money is also based on people's hair. How can there be any money left to feed beggars?"
Lian'er pulled Zheng Si'er's sleeve timidly.
"Brother Que, forget it. Lian'er is just leaving, so I won't cause any trouble to you."
When Aunt Wang heard Lian'er's voice, she suddenly frowned.
"female?"
She looked up and down Lian'er who was hiding behind Zheng Si'er, then rolled her eyes, and her large body moved away from the door.
"Go in! This is the only time, no next time!"
Zheng Si'er Extra Story (6)
Zheng Si'er was slightly taken aback, and immediately stepped forward, embracing Aunt Wang's arm that was thicker than her own thigh.
While shaking Aunt Wang's arm, she smiled and said:
"Aunt Wang~ I knew that although you looked fierce, you were actually a good person!"
"roll!"
Aunt Wang didn't like her at all, she pulled her arm out mercilessly, even patted her clothes twice in disgust, and reprimanded with frowns:
"Don't touch me, I'm fooling around in the garbage dump every day, I'm so dirty!"
Zheng Si'er didn't care about Aunt Wang's bad attitude at all, she turned around and laughed and pushed Lian'er who was shrinking timidly behind her.
"Little Lian'er, this is the steward of our orphanage, you can call her Aunt Wang."
The thin Lian'er tightly grasped Zheng Si'er's sleeve with her right hand.
She lowered her head deeply, looking at her worn-out straw sandals with five toes exposed, not daring to look up at Aunt Wang.
After holding back for a long time, he said softly in a voice as thin as a mosquito:
"Hello, Aunt Wang~"
"Ah."
Aunt Wang responded, and condescendingly cast a condescending glance at Lian'er, who was covered in tatters, and walked back to the courtyard while twisting her extremely wide buttocks.
"Hey hey, now you are officially a member of the orphanage."
Zheng Si'er watched Aunt Wang go farther and farther, turned her head and took Lian'er's little hand, and led her towards the inner courtyard.
"Go! I'll take you to meet other sisters!"
The women's dormitory in the courtyard.
"Little sister, what's your name?"
"How did you become an orphan? Did you also escape from Zhongzhou?"
"Wow! Are you the little beggar Brother Que mentioned yesterday?"
A group of girls, big and small, wrapped Lian'er together, and all of them looked at the new little one curiously.
Lian'er has never seen such a scene before, she kept hiding behind Zheng Si'er.
"Okay, okay! Don't embarrass her, anyway, we will live together in the future, and we have plenty of time to get to know each other."
Zheng Si'er saw that Lian'er was very scared, so she quickly waved her hand and forcibly dispersed the girls who surrounded her.
She patted the little girl on the shoulder and comforted her:
"Let's go to the warehouse to get you a quilt and show you around."
The two left the women's house and walked through a dark corridor between the houses, but the exit suddenly opened up, as if seeing a verdant green field.
Zheng Sier pointed to the low vegetable field and introduced:
"This is the backyard, and people take turns tending it every day. The vegetables in the yard are never bought, they are all grown here."
Lian'er nodded her head half-understood, holding the corner of Zheng Si'er's clothes tightly with one hand, afraid of getting lost in this unknown place.
A few steps forward, there are two houses, one big and one small, standing against the corner.
The two houses are close to each other, and they are not the same as the house in the front yard. They are made of mud and straw.
Because wood and stone materials are too expensive, the front yard houses of the Orphanage House were built with government funds, and these two houses that were added later, naturally save what can be left.
Zheng Si'er turned back to Lian'er and said:
"This big one is the storeroom. Next door is Uncle Li's room. Let's ask him for the key first."
Although the two rooms look similar, there are some differences,
The big house is paved with tiles, and the small house is paved with straw, because the place where things are stored must not leak out. As for the house where people live, it’s up to you.
Zheng Si'er went forward and knocked on the old wooden door, but it turned out that the wooden door was not locked at all, and it was easily pushed open a crack.
Lian'er looked inside and said to Zheng Si'er:
"Brother Que, there is no one inside, but there seems to be a bunch of keys hanging on the wall inside, I don't know if it is."
Zheng Si'er frowned and thought about it.
"The key on the wall, that should be it, but if there is no one, let's wait."
Lian'er looked up at her, puzzled and said:
"Anyway, the door is not closed, why don't we just borrow it?"
"No! It's called theft without reporting, and it's even more unacceptable to break into other people's houses without permission!"
Lian'er was taken aback by Zheng Si'er's serious reprimand.
She immediately shrunk her shoulders like a frightened bird, lowered her head, and said aggrievedly:
"Lian'er was wrong..."
"It's okay, it's okay, you are still young, and no one taught you, it's normal if you don't know."
Zheng Si'er touched Lian'er's little head, soothing her softly.
The two sat in front of the door and waited for a while, until they saw a lame old man leaning on a wooden stick walking towards here.
"Hey! Xiaoque? Why are you here? Dinner is about to be served over there."
After Zheng Si'er explained his purpose, Uncle Li pushed open the door, limped into the room, took off the bunch of keys hanging on the wall, and opened the copper lock of the warehouse.
"Come on, I'll open it for you. If I'm not here next time, just take the key and open the door."
"Okay, Uncle Li."
Zheng Si'er led Lian'er into the storeroom, which was filled with a musty smell. The two hugged a bunch of quilts on the shelf inside, and walked back to the women's room.
"Come on, just sleep next to me."
Zheng Si'er spread the quilt for her, although it was a bit frivolous, but it was summer anyway, so it didn't matter.
"Well, thank you Brother Bird."
Lian'er knelt on the quilt, a pair of small hands kept touching it up and down, her pure eyes were full of joy.
"It's okay, it's time to have dinner now, if you go late, you'll have nothing."
After making the bed, Zheng Si'er took Lian'er to dinner again.
The orphanage only provides two meals a day, and the dinner is very simple, only white porridge with vegetable roots and a steamed stuffed bun with plain stuffing for one night.
Lian'er's eyes lit up, first she picked up the porcelain bowl and drank the white porridge in it, then looked around vigilantly, seeing no one was looking at her, she took the porridge on the table as fast as she could. Baozi hid in his arms.
Just when she had just hidden the buns, someone tapped her left shoulder lightly, which made her tremble all over in fright. When she turned her head to look, she found that Zheng Si'er was looking at her with a smile.
"Eat slowly, no one will grab you, and you don't need to hide the buns, there will be more tomorrow morning."
"I...I'm used to..."
It was only then that she remembered that she was not a little beggar who was wandering outside and hadn't finished her last meal.
After dinner, it was completely dark.
The orphanage didn't have any activities at night, because there was no money to buy candles, everyone could only go to bed honestly.
Zheng Si'er closed her eyes and lay on the bed.
It was quiet in the girls' dormitory, the sisters had already fallen asleep, only Lian'er beside her was tossing and turning, making rustling noises.
She turned her head and asked softly:
"Can't sleep?"
The sound of turning around stopped, and Lian'er responded.
"I can sleep, but Lian'er dare not sleep."
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